A Magnificent Fight: The Battle for Wake Island

by Robert J. Cressman

Book Overview

Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese land-based bombers pounded Wake Island, the American advanced base that was key to the U.S. Navy's strategy in the Pacific. Throughout the next two weeks, the Wake Island garrison survived nearly daily bombings and repulsed the first Japanese attempt to take the atoll. The determined defenders provided a badly needed lift to American morale. Cressman was the first to make extensive use of Japanese materials...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557501408
• ISBN13: 9781557501400
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"