Japanese Army 1931–45 (1)

Philip Jowell was born in Leeds in 1961, and has been interested in military history for as long as he can remember. His first Osprey book was the ground-breaking MAA 306, Chinese Civil War Armies 1911-49; he has since published numerous others, including MAA 414, The Russo-Japanese War 1904–05, MAA 532, Japan's Asian Allies 1941–45 and NVG 19, Armour in China 1920–1950. Stephen Andrew was born in 1961 in Glasgow, where he still lives and works. An entirely self-taught artist, he worked in advertising and design agencies before going freelance in 1993. Military history is his passion, and since 1997 he has illustrated half a dozen Men-at-Arms titles including MAA 306: Chinese Civil War Armies 1911-49, and a five-part sequence on The German Army 1939-45 (MAA 311, 316, 326, 330 & 336).

• M1930 uniforms Invasion of Manchuria 1931Invasion of Jehol 1933Chinese campaigns 1937-40Cold weather clothing Uniform modernisation c1937-41The Nomanhan campaign 1939Development of tropical uniformsThe 'lightning campaign' in the Pacific and South East Asia, 1941/42

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