The Cactus Air Force: Air War Over Guadalcanal

by Eric Hammel and Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

Book Overview

Using diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts, this vivid narrative brings to life the struggle in the air over the island of Guadalcanal between August 20 and November 15, 1942.

The battle of Guadalcanal was the first offensive operation undertaken by the US and its allies in the Pacific War. The three months of air battles between August 20, 1942, when the first Marine air unit arrived on the island, and November 15, when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472851080
• ISBN13: 9781472851086
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.2"