Time The Weekly News Magazine Volume XXXIX Number 11 March 16, 1942 hd

Luce, Henry R., et al

Published by Time & Life, New York, 1942

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Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 100. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. Weekly Timeline: March 9: Japanese troops entered Rangoon, Burma, which was abandoned by the British two days earlier. It appears that the Japanese are in control of Java, Burma, and New Guinea. 11: The Japanese land on Mindanao, the southernmost island in the Philippines. 12: American troops begin to land in Nouméa, New Caledonia; it will become an important staging base for the eventual invasion of Guadalcanal. 13: RAF launches an air raid against Essen, Germany. 14: Japanese land troops in the Solomon Islands, underscoring Australia's dangerous situation, especially if, as it is soon made clear, an airfield is built on Guadalcanal. . The Japanese are now threatening American forces around Manila Bay; the retreat to Corregidor begins. In exceptionally good condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Time The Weekly News Magazine Volume XXXIX Number 11 March 16, 1942 hd
• Publisher: Time & Life, New York
• Publication Date: 1942
• Binding: Paperbound
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