Front cover image for Fortress Rabaul : the battle for the Southwest Pacific, January 1942-April 1943

Fortress Rabaul : the battle for the Southwest Pacific, January 1942-April 1943

"Chronicles the dramatic events that contributed to Rabaul's increasing notoriety, detailing the island's transformation into the ultimate twentieth-century fortification ... Drawing upon an extensive array of Japanese and Allied sources, Gamble fills in the historical background behind Rabaul's crucial role during the first year and a half of the Pacific war, from the Japanese invasion through the shooting down of Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto on April 18, 1943, a turning point in Japan's offensive operations"--Jacket

Print Book, English, 2010
Zenith Press, Minneapolis, 2010