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. Thetext is illustrated with rare photographs, and meticulouslyreconstructed color artworkof the men and their gear.
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Formato PDF ● Pagine 64 ● ISBN 9781782004882 ● Casa editrice Bloomsbury Publishing ● Pubblicato 2012 ● Scaricabile 6 volte ● Moneta EUR ● ID 2640790 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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