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Victory Fever on Guadalcanal

Japan's First Land Defeat of World War II

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Victory Fever on Guadalcanal

By: William H. Bartsch
Narrated by: Bill Nevitt
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Following their rampage through Southeast Asia and the Pacific in the five months after Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces moved into the Solomon Islands, intending to cut off the critical American supply line to Australia. But when they began to construct an airfield on Guadalcanal in July 1942, the Americans captured the almost completed airfield for their own strategic use. The Japanese Army countered by sending to Guadalcanal a reinforced battalion under the command of Col. Kiyonao Ichiki. The attack that followed would prove to be the first of four attempts by the Japanese over six months to retake the airfield, resulting in some of the most vicious fighting of the Pacific War.

During the initial battle on the night of August 20-21, 1942, Marines wiped out Ichiki's men, who - imbued with "victory fever" - had expected a quick and easy victory. William H. Bartsch draws on correspondence, interviews, diaries, memoirs, and official war records, including those translated from Japanese sources, to offer an intensely human narrative of the failed attempt to recapture Guadalcanal's vital airfield.

The book is published by Texas A&M University Press.

©2014 William H. Bartsch (P)2016 Redwood Audiobooks 20th Century Americas Military Modern United States War

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"Bartsch succeeds in delivering another valuable glimpse into the lives of the average soldier. The depth of his research is on display throughout." (US Military Review)
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This is a historical real life event audio. This took place during World War Two. The Japanese brought the Americans into World a World Two . This shows what happened when the Americans landed on a place way before the Japanese expected them . The Americans took the Japanese by surprise and it showed in the results after the battle .

Bill the narrator was phenomenal . He brought the story to life. He made this audio sound like you were at the place . His voice is strong and clear . You get pulled into the story

Victory of a historical audio

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The author clearly did a wonderful job researching this historical/non-fiction. There was so many details and very well written descriptions that displayed how the whole event when down. I will say that it's not my usual listen and it was a little hard to get into at first, simply because of the volume of details we are given; but once I got deep enough into it I was interested.

The narration was absolutely perfect for this type of book. Serious enough to display the tone of a historical but not monotonous like some documentary type narrations. Good differentiation between dialogue and the general narrative.

Great representation of this historical event.

I received a review copy at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review.

Well Researched!

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In many ways this is a very unique book about any action in the Pacific in WW2.It focuses on the single opening action as the Japanese attempt to regain the island of Guadalcanal.We follow the story of both the American and Japanese combatants.What is unique about this book in the amazing level of detail from the Japanese point of view and the stories of individuals.All the more surprising considering the horrendous level of casualties amongst the Japanese participants.Spoilt by a rather abrupt ending to the book.

A very unique book

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I had hoped for more of storytelling rather than a factual list of happenings, but once it gets going, I rather enjoyed it and found it very interesting.
Bill does a great job with narrating it; I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve listened to that he’s been involved in.
This is my honest opinion of a free review copy.

“We aren’t going to let those people lay up there all day”

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