Cartwheel
Subtitle: the reduction of Rabaul.
Series: United States Army in World War II: The war in the Pacific; United States Army in World War II.
Publisher: Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army
Published: 1959
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
Subjects: Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)
Description: This volume attempts to analyze the techniques by which the Allies employed their strength to bypass fortified positions and seize weakly defended but strategically important areas, or, in the apt baseball parlance used by General MacArthur, to "hit 'em where they ain't." It is, therefore, a study in strategy and high command as well as in tactics.