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Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces: Uniforms and equipment 1932–45: Men-at-Arms, cartea 432

Autor Gary Nila, Robert A. Rolfe Ilustrat de Christa Hook
en Limba Engleză Paperback – iun 2006
The spearhead of Japan's assault landing operations both in China pre-Pearl Harbor, and in US and British territory post-Pearl Harbor, was provided by the Special Naval Landing Forces - 12 numbered battalion-size Imperial Japanese Navy units. They garrisoned a number of the islands which the US Marines then had to re-claim in some of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War of World War II (1939-1945). These included the infamous battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the elite force which has never before been examined in such detail in English, covering weapons and equipment as well as uniform and insignia.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781846031007
ISBN-10: 1846031001
Pagini: 48
Ilustrații: 43 b/w; 8 col
Dimensiuni: 184 x 248 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Osprey Publishing
Seria Men-at-Arms

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

GARY NILA, a law enforcement officer for over 30 years, has collected World War II Japanese militaria for even longer. His previous publications for Osprey are "Kiyoe Hosokawa and the USS Wahoo" (Osprey Military Journal, 2002), and Osprey Elite 86, Japanese Naval Aviation Uniforms and Equipment 1937-45. In 2005 he co-authored the Hikoki Publishing (UK) title I-400: Japan's Secret Air Combat Submarine - Objective Panama Canal. Gary lives with his wife Nancy and daughter Allison in Lakewood, CA. ROBERT A ROLFE, who retired after 37 years with the US Postal Service, has collected World War II Japanese militaria for more than 45 years, specializing for the past 25 years in the Special Naval Landing Forces. Robert lives with his wife Carol in Burbank, CA. TONY CHONG, who took the color photographs for the plates in this book, joined the Northrop Corporation in 1984 as a model-maker, and now runs the Display Model Shop for Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems/ Western Region in El Segundo, CA. He completed his BA in history at CSULA in 1995 with a focus on aviation and military-related subjects. He is a published aviation photographer, though with wider photographic interests; this is his third collaboration with Gary Nila, including Elite 86. Tony and his wife Tina live in Burbank, CA, where they run Skyshadow Studios.

Cuprins

Origins of SNLF - World War II Headgear including caps and helmuts · Uniforms · Footwear · Insignia of rank and specialty · Leather equipment · Cloth & canvas equipment · Weapons · Naval paratroop equipment · Miscellaneous equipment