Victory in defeat : the Wake Island defenders in captivity, 1941-1945 /

Victory in defeat : the Wake Island defenders in captivity, 1941-1945 /

Told here for the first time in vivid detail is the story of the defenders of Wake Island following their surrender to the Japanese on December 23, 1941. The highly regarded military historian Gregory Urwin spent decades researching what happened and now offers a revealing look at the U.S. Marines,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Urwin, Gregory J. W., 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Wake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > Japan.
World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > China > Shanghai.
World War, 1939-1945 > Wake Island.
Prisoners of war > United States > Biography.
Prisoners of war > Wake Island > Biography.
Wake Island > History, Military > 20th century.

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