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Japanese Paratroop Forces of World War II

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Elite - 20th Century - World War II

MSRP old price: $20.00


Product Info

Title
Japanese Paratroop Forces of World War II
Publisher
Category
Author
Gordon Rottman, Akira Takizawa
Publish Year
2005
Pages
64
Dimensions
7.5x9.5x.25"
NKG Part #
2147394181
MFG. Part #
OSPELI127
Type
Softcover
Series
ELI127

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 1944–45. The text is illustrated with rare photographs, and meticulously reconstructed color artwork of the men and their gear.