Description

Gordon Rottman details the bitter 26-day struggle for this key Pacific island during World War II.

The island of Guam was the first Allied territory lost to the Japanese onslaught in 1941. On 10 December 5,000 Japanese troops landed on Guam, defended by less than 500 US and Guamanian troops, the outcome was beyond doubt. On 21 July 1944 America returned.

In a risky operation, the two US landing forces came ashore seven miles apart and it was a week before the beachheads linked up. Only the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa would cost the Americans more men than the landings on Guam and Saipan, which immediately preceded the Guam operation.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chronology

The 1941 fall of Guam
Opposing plans
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Forces
Capture and Occupation of Guam

Aftermath
The Battlefield Today
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published Mar 15 2011
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781846036613
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 74 b/w; 11 col
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 139
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Gordon L. Rottman

Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, vol…

Illustrator

Howard Gerrard

Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of A…

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