USN Destroyer Vs IJN Destroyer: The Pacific 1943

by Mark Stille

This book will cover the fierce night naval battles fought after Guadalcanal between the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during late 1943 as the Allies advanced slowly up the Solomons Islands toward the major Japanese naval base at Rabaul. During this period, several vicious actions were fought around the American beachheads on the islands of New Georgia, Kolombangara and Vella Lavella in the central Solomons. These battles featured the most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849086230
• ISBN13: 9781849086233
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.1" x 9.7"