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- catalog abstract "Although the siege of Wake Island was not one of World War II's biggest campaigns, it had a profound psychological effect on the course of that struggle. This was the battle that first raised American spirits in the dark weeks immediately following Pearl Harbor. For sixteen suspenseful days, 449 U.S. Marines, assisted by a handful of sailors and soldiers and a few hundred civilian construction workers, withstood repeated attacks by numerically superior Japanese forces. Although Wake finally fell on 23 December 1941, its garrison made the Japanese pay an embarrassingly high price for a tiny coral outpost.".
- catalog contributor b10439461.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Although Wake finally fell on 23 December 1941, its garrison made the Japanese pay an embarrassingly high price for a tiny coral outpost.".
- catalog description "Although the siege of Wake Island was not one of World War II's biggest campaigns, it had a profound psychological effect on the course of that struggle. This was the battle that first raised American spirits in the dark weeks immediately following Pearl Harbor. For sixteen suspenseful days, 449 U.S. Marines, assisted by a handful of sailors and soldiers and a few hundred civilian construction workers, withstood repeated attacks by numerically superior Japanese forces.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Wake Island Survivors Who Contributed to This Book -- pt. I. The Place. I. "An Epic That Should Give Every American Hope": The Birth of the Wake Island Legend. II. "The Most Isolated Place in the World": Wake's Geography and Climate. III. "Wake Island Is Stirred to Life": The Atoll's Early History, 1568-1937. IV. "We Plan to Use Wake as a Base": The U.S. Navy and Wake Island, 1935-1939. V. "Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, It's Out to Wake We Go": Congress Decides Wake's Future, 1939-1940 -- pt. II. The Defenders. VI. "Pioneer Party": The Contractors Arrive, January 1941. VII. "The Work Is Being Completed in an Efficient and Workmanlike Manner": The Pace of Base Construction, January-December 1941. VIII. "A Hard-Working Bunch": Contractor Life on Wake, January-December 1941. IX. "To Deny Wake to the Enemy": The Marines Arrive, August 1941. X. "We'll Be Back in Pearl Harbor in a Few Months": The Increasing American Military Commitment, September-October 1941.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 727 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Facing fearful odds.".
- catalog identifier "0803245556 (cl : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Facing fearful odds.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press,".
- catalog relation "Facing fearful odds.".
- catalog subject "940.54/26 21".
- catalog subject "D767.99.W3 U78 1997".
- catalog subject "Wake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Wake Island Survivors Who Contributed to This Book -- pt. I. The Place. I. "An Epic That Should Give Every American Hope": The Birth of the Wake Island Legend. II. "The Most Isolated Place in the World": Wake's Geography and Climate. III. "Wake Island Is Stirred to Life": The Atoll's Early History, 1568-1937. IV. "We Plan to Use Wake as a Base": The U.S. Navy and Wake Island, 1935-1939. V. "Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, It's Out to Wake We Go": Congress Decides Wake's Future, 1939-1940 -- pt. II. The Defenders. VI. "Pioneer Party": The Contractors Arrive, January 1941. VII. "The Work Is Being Completed in an Efficient and Workmanlike Manner": The Pace of Base Construction, January-December 1941. VIII. "A Hard-Working Bunch": Contractor Life on Wake, January-December 1941. IX. "To Deny Wake to the Enemy": The Marines Arrive, August 1941. X. "We'll Be Back in Pearl Harbor in a Few Months": The Increasing American Military Commitment, September-October 1941.".
- catalog title "Facing fearful odds : the siege of Wake Island / Gregory J.W. Urwin.".
- catalog type "text".