Victory Fever on Guadalcanal
Subtitle: Japan's First Land Defeat of World War II
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: Nov 07, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781623491840
Description: In the five months after Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces moved into the Solomon Islands, intending to cut off the critical American supply line to Australia. When they began to construct an airfield on Guadalcanal in July 1942, the Americans captured the almost completed airfield for their own strategic use. The Japanese Army countered by sending a reinforced battalion under the command of Col. Kiyonao Ichiki. During the initial battle on the night of August 20-21, 1942, Marines wiped out Ichiki's men who, imbued with "victory fever," had expected a quick and easy victory.
Notes: Source title: Victory Fever on Guadalcanal: Japan's First Land Defeat of World War II (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)