Naval Staff History Second World War: War With Japan Volume III The Campaigns in the Solomons and New Guinea C. B. 3303 (3). CONFIDENTIAL

Historical Section Admiralty S.W.1 / HMSO, 1956. Hardcover. Good. 24.5 x 15.5 cm. ix 297pp. Appendices, index. 30 fold-out maps/plans in color in the rear as well as additional single page maps, photographs in the main text. . Bound into navy blue cloth with gilt lettering. This book is noted as being "CONFIDENTIAL Attention is drawn to the penalties attaching to any infraction of the Official Secrets Acts" and "This book is invariably to be kept locked up when not in use and is not to be taken outside the ship or establishment for which it is issued without the express permission of the Commanding Officer." Evidence of sticker removal from front cover. A bit edgeworn. Corner bumped. Mild damp staining to the top of several of the maps. Uncommon. Royal navy historical work on World War II. Chapter headings are as follows: Madagascar, Japanese Submarine Offensive off Australia, March-July 1942, Diversive Operations for Guadalcanal, Strategical Situation in the Pacific, July 1942, Invasion of Guadalcanal, Japanese First and Second Attempts to Retake Guadalcanal, Japanese Third and Fourth Attempts to Retake Guadalcanal, Conquest of Guadalcanal, Submarines, Raiders and Blockade Runners in to Indian Ocean, Campaign in New Guinea: The Reconquest of Papua, Japan Adopts Defensive Strategy, Campaign to New Guinea: The Advance to Lae, Capture of New Georgia, The Bougainville Campaign and Final South Pacific Area Operations, Campaign in New Guinea: Final Phase.