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Survival in the South Pacific

- A Lost Airman’s Desperate Rescue amid the Maelstrom of War
Af: Robert Richardson Engelsk Hardback

Survival in the South Pacific

- A Lost Airman’s Desperate Rescue amid the Maelstrom of War
Af: Robert Richardson Engelsk Hardback
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In September 1943, as America began advancing from its foothold on Guadalcanal, a young American airman was lost in heavy weather over the South Pacific on what was expected to be a routine flight. In examining that loss and the events leading up to a rescue attempt on an island in the South Pacific, and bringing together societies utterly alien to each other, Survival in the South Pacific brings together the big themes of the Pacific War.Lieutenant Leonard Richardson and his comrades had been swept from their homes across America, trained at speed for war, and dispatched to one of the remotest places on the globe. American war plans in place when Pearl Harbor was attacked poorly reflected the capabilities of its military, and the limits imposed by America’s far-flung and indefensible territories. The “Germany First” policy had resulted in a deeply uncertain future for forces in the South Pacific and Australia—the United States was unprepared for the global war that came to it in late 1941, even as the pipeline of men and materiel began to fill. Young Allied and Japanese aviators, sailors, and soldiers, were not the only ones thrown into the swirling maelstrom of war that had engulfed the Pacific—the indigenous islanders were also immersed in a new reality. In bringing together individual stories of men at war, this book gives a new perspective on the Pacific War.
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In September 1943, as America began advancing from its foothold on Guadalcanal, a young American airman was lost in heavy weather over the South Pacific on what was expected to be a routine flight. In examining that loss and the events leading up to a rescue attempt on an island in the South Pacific, and bringing together societies utterly alien to each other, Survival in the South Pacific brings together the big themes of the Pacific War.Lieutenant Leonard Richardson and his comrades had been swept from their homes across America, trained at speed for war, and dispatched to one of the remotest places on the globe. American war plans in place when Pearl Harbor was attacked poorly reflected the capabilities of its military, and the limits imposed by America’s far-flung and indefensible territories. The “Germany First” policy had resulted in a deeply uncertain future for forces in the South Pacific and Australia—the United States was unprepared for the global war that came to it in late 1941, even as the pipeline of men and materiel began to fill. Young Allied and Japanese aviators, sailors, and soldiers, were not the only ones thrown into the swirling maelstrom of war that had engulfed the Pacific—the indigenous islanders were also immersed in a new reality. In bringing together individual stories of men at war, this book gives a new perspective on the Pacific War.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 304
ISBN-13: 9781636244150
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1636244157
Kategori: Militærhistorie: konflikter efter anden verdenskrig
Udg. Dato: 15 jul 2024
Længde: 31mm
Bredde: 161mm
Højde: 236mm
Forlag: Casemate Publishers
Oplagsdato: 15 jul 2024
Forfatter(e): Robert Richardson
Forfatter(e) Robert Richardson

Kategori Militærhistorie: konflikter efter anden verdenskrig

ISBN-13 9781636244150

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 304

Udgave

Længde 31mm

Bredde 161mm

Højde 236mm

Udg. Dato 15 jul 2024

Oplagsdato 15 jul 2024

Forlag Casemate Publishers