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US World War II Amphibious Tactics

Army & Marine Corps, Pacific Theater

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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Faced with Japanese-garrisoned islands across the Pacific, America invented modern amphibious warfare more or less from scratch in 1942-43. Despite an early period of costly trial-and-error, within three years the US forces had so perfected the equipment and tactics for this extraordinarily difficult form of warfare that they captured every island they attacked up to the very fringe of the Japanese homeland; the US has since been unchallenged in this field. This book explains the many complex problems of amphibious warfare and how they were overcome, and is illustrated with photos, diagrams, and colour plates that bring the whole process to life for the reader.

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Utgivningsdatum2004-11-26
Mått184 x 248 x 7 mm
Vikt246 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieElite
Antal sidor64
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
IllustratörDennis, Peter
ISBN9781841768410

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Gordon L Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He was assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group until reassigned to the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969-70. A highly respected and established author. Gordon is now a civilian contract Special Operations Forces Intelligence Specialist at the Army's Joint Readiness Center, Ft Polk. Peter Dennis was born in 1950 and, having been inspired by contemporary magazines such as 'Look and Learn', studied illustration at Liverpool Art College. He has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects. He is a keen wargamer and modelmaker. He has illustrated several books for Osprey, but this is his first for the Elite series.

Pre-war development of US amphibious warfare doctrine; Evolution of amphibious warfare when faced with the realities of WWII in the Pacific; Organization of US Navy amphibious forces; Organization of US Marine and Army landing forces; special task units and their equipment; Command, control and organization of amphibious operations; Specialist transport and equipment; Amphibious assault - the Saipan landings, June 1944