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Language: en
Pages: 97
Pages: 97
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-02-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
The outbreak of World War II set in motion a massive expansion of the United States Marine Corps, leading to a 24-fold increase in size by August 1945. This boo
Language: en
Pages: 97
Pages: 97
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-02-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
By January 1944 the US Marine Corps had grown to a total of 405,169 personnel, comprising 28,193 officers, 10,723 officer candidates, and 366,353 enlisted men.
Language: en
Pages: 642
Pages: 642
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Dutton Caliber
"John C. McManus, one of our most highly-acclaimed historians of World War II, takes readers from Pearl Harbor--a rude awakening for a ragtag militia woefully u
Language: en
Pages: 97
Pages: 97
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-02-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
This book examines the wide variety of airborne units that served in the Pacific Theater. Among the units covered are the 12,000-strong 11th Airborne Division;
Language: en
Pages: 219
Pages: 219
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-09-21 - Publisher: The History Press
Employing a range of archive black and white photographs, this book examines the US Marine Corps' organisation and command structure, strategy, tactics and amph
