LIBROS DEL AUTOR: reg newell

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  • Operation Squarepeg
    Reg Newell
    In late January 1944 a force of New Zealand soldiers and Allied specialists undertook a daring behind the lines reconnaissance of the Japanese-held Green Islands of Papua New Guinea. The New Zealand Army’s largest amphibious operation of World War II followed two weeks later. The Japanese contested the invasion with air power and inflicted heavy damage on the American cruise...
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  • The Battle for Vella Lavella
    Reg Newell
    During World War II, the Solomon Islands became the scene of a titanic struggle between Allied and Japanese forces. After their victory on Guadalcanal, Americans advanced into the New Georgia Group with horrendous casualties. Admiral Halsey then implemented an 'island hopping' strategy, bypassing Japanese strongpoints. The first was an obscure island called 'Vella Lavella.' ...
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  • Operation Goodtime and the Battle of the Treasury Islands, 1943
    Reg Newell
    A force of New Zealanders and Americans invaded the Treasury Islands in the South Pacific on October 27, 1943, retaking them from their Japanese occupiers. Codenamed Operation Goodtime, the action marked the first time New Zealand forces took part in an opposed landing since Gallipoli in 1915. In an unusual allocation of troops in the American-dominated theater, New Zealand ...
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