Dark Waters, Starry Skies : The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, March–October 1943 by Jeffrey Cox

Dark Waters, Starry Skies : The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, March–October 1943 by Jeffrey CoxEsteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey Cox has produced a fast paced and absorbing read of the crucial New Georgia phase of the Guadalcanal Solomons Campaign during the Pacific War. Thousands of miles from friendly ports, the US Navy had finally managed to complete the capture of Guadalcanal from the Japanese in early 1943. Now the Allies sought to keep the offensive momentum won at such a high cost. Determined not to repeat their mistakes at

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