Romain Cansière

Tanks on Iwo Jima 1945 (eBook, PDF)

Illustrator: Rodríguez, Felipe

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An award-winning US Marine Corps armor historian's account of the role of US and Japanese tanks on Iwo Jima.

The battle of Iwo Jima is iconic and known for its brutality: this was the only battle in which the number of US casualties outnumbered those of the Japanese. But as is often the case with the Pacific campaigns, the tank action on the island has generally been overshadowed by that of infantry. The tank, however, played an important role as a support weapon - especially on the US side - despite the rough terrain and unconventional enemy tactics.

Using unpublished official records and veterans' accounts, award-winning USMC armor specialist Romain Cansière sheds new light on Japanese and USMC armored operations on the island. This book offers new information on the battle in a complete, concise, and accessible format, and its illustrations include unpublished photographs from private collections and meticulously researched new color profiles, highlighting the tanks' modifications and their diverse camouflage and markings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472860378
• Artikelnr.: 69978964

Autorenporträt

A native of southeastern France, Romain V. Cansière has worked in the medicinal plant industry in France and South Africa. He currently works as a crop advisor for a cooperative of essential oil producers. Interested in the history of the US Marine Corps since his teenage years, Romain is the co-author of Tanks in Hell - A Marine Corps Tank Company on Tarawa, winner of the 2016 General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award for distinguished non-fiction.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION TANKS, OTHER ARMOR AND ORGANIZATION The Japanese The Americans
Tank Destroyers TECHNICAL FACTORS Japanese antitank weapons Tank and
antitank guns Infantry-borne weapons Land mines USMC improvised tank armor
Modifications for Iwo Jima Amphibious tanks ARMORED WARFARE ON IWO JIMA
Amphibious tanks 75mm half-tracks Tanks CONCLUSION Surviving tanks
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