num_pages: 368
description: The first U.S. offensive of World War II began with no fanfare early August 7 1942. But before it ended six months later with the first U.S. land victory Guadalcanal was a household name. There marines faced bloody banzai attacks in the stifling malarial jungles while the U.S. sailors and pilots battled Japanese air and sea armadas day and night. The allin battles consumed thousands of men hundreds of planes and dozens of warships and stopped the Japanese Juggernaut. Guadalcanal was the Pacific War's turning point.Published on the 75th anniversary of the battle Midnight in the Pacific is both a sweeping narrative and a compelling drama of individual Marines soldiers and sailors caught in the crosshairs of history.
language: English
title: Midnight in the Pacific: Guadalcanal--The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War
publisher: Da Capo Press