{"product_id":"rabaul-1943-44-reducing-japans-great-island-fortress-9781472822444","title":"Rabaul 1943-44: Reducing Japan's Great Island Fortress","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies' path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Rabaul, or starve the 100,000-strong garrison out. Instead the US began an innovative, hard-fought two-year air campaign to draw its teeth, and allow them to bypass the island completely. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe struggle decided more than the fate of Rabaul. If successful, the Allies would demonstrate a new form of warfare, where air power, with a judicious use of naval and land forces, would eliminate the need to occupy a ground objective in order to control it. As it turned out, the Siege of Rabaul proved to be more just than a successful demonstration of air power--it provided the roadmap for the rest of World War II in the Pacific.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472822444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 7.30w x 0.30d","brand":"Mark Lardas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51990862987445,"sku":"9781472822444","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5fbe9f92-b727-4ac0-8056-179766d9727d.jpg?v=1762838085","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/rabaul-1943-44-reducing-japans-great-island-fortress-9781472822444","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}