Gordon L Rottman, Akira Takizawa

Japanese Paratroop Forces of World War II

Illustrator: Chappell, Mike; Hook, Richard; Hook, Adam

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Osprey's examination of Japan's parachute units of World War II (1939-1945). For the first time in English, this book offers a concise but fact-packed account of the organization, equipment, and all operations of Japan's small but elite wartime parachute forces. Correcting and amplifying previous accounts based on wartime intelligence, it traces the Imperial Army's Raiding Regiments and the Imperial Navy's parachute-trained Yokosuka 1st & 3rd Special Naval Landing Forces from the first trials units, through their successful assaults in early 1942, to the last desperate battles and raids of 1944-45. The text is illustrated with rare photographs, and meticulously reconstructed color artwork of the men and their gear.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury USA
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 183mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 213g
• ISBN-13: 9781841769035
• ISBN-10: 1841769037
• Artikelnr.: 22125343

Autorenporträt

Gordon L. Rottman, Akira Takizawa, illustrated by Mike Chappell, Adam Hook

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction -origins· Organization· Weapons and Equipment· Airborne Operations
1942 - Manado
Koepang
Palemberg · Airborne Operations
1944-45 - Kaoru
Luzon
Okinawa · Select bibliography · The Plates · Index