Ebook {Epub PDF} Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan by Robert Leckie

The relentless struggle of the US Marine Corps against the Japanese Army to capture the islands in the Pacific to establish bases for the US Air Force during the second world war with each succeeding battle creating increasing numbers of casualties is superbly conveyed by Robert Leckie who fought in /5(). Strong Men Armed relates the U.S. Marines' unprecedented, relentless drive across the Pacific during World War II, from Guadalcanal to Okinawa, detailing their struggle to dislodge from heavily fortified islands an entrenched enemy who had vowed to fight to extinction -- and did. (All but three of the Marines' victories required the complete annihilation of the Japanese defending force.)Cited by: 4. Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan by Robert Leckie starting at $ Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan has 5 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace.

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