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PURNELL’S HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, BATTLE BOOK NO. 8.
Except to the planners in Washington and Tokyo, this small atoll and its main island Betio were virtually unknown. Then in seventy-six stark and bitter hours the island was taken, and in the battle the heroism of both attackers and defenders was worthy to stand beside the most renowned in the history of warfare.
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Authored by Henry I. Shaw Jr. and published by McDonald of London in 1968. Soft cover bound this First British Edition copy is in Fine condition, covered in plastic, with an illustrated cover. The size of the book is 210x133x11, with 160 pages including a bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs.
