The Battle of Guadalcanal

by Larry Hama

Book Overview

America's "island hopping" strategy to inch closer and closer to the Japanese mainland was kicked into high gear after the Allied victory on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the southern Solomon Islands in early 1943. The six-month campaign was the first important combined arms Allied victory in the Pacific, putting Japan on the defensive for the rest of the war, resulting in repeated victories for America and its allies, until the Japan's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140427426X
• ISBN13: 9781404274266
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Rosen Classroom
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.2" x 9.7"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

I bought this as a christmas present </3

My boyfriend loves these series and he has two already from when he was a kid as a gift from his dad. He really likes the posters inside so I made sure the ones I had bought included them. I received it today and looked inside and there was no poster. That was kind of really upsetting since that was the biggest part of finding these books for him. Other than that, the condition was good.