Wake Island 1941: A Battle to Make the Gods Weep

by Jim Moran and Peter Dennis

During Wolrd War II (1939-1945), on the same day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, they also launched air attacks on Wake Island, an American marine and naval base in the Pacific. Three days later a Japanese invasion force stormed the island, but were bloodily repulsed by the scratch force of marines, sailors and even service personnel who defended it. Despite US attempts to relieve the island, the Japanese launched a much greater invasion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849086036
• ISBN13: 9781849086035
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.6"