ENGLISH

Japanese Paratroop Forces of World War II

By Gordon Rottman , Mike Chappell , Akira Takizawa

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2005
ISBN
9781841769035, 1841769037
Open Library ID
OL8922804M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28365819 bytes)
Series
Elite
Edition
illustrated edition
Pages
67\67
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
Военные дисциплины;Оружие и военная техника;Osprey

Description

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 1944â€"45. Thetext is illustrated with rare photographs, and meticulouslyreconstructed color artworkof the men and their gear.

Similar books