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Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces - Uniforms and Equipment 1932-45

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Men-at-Arms - World War II - Axis - Non-German

MSRP old price: $17.95


Product Info

Title
Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces - Uniforms and Equipment 1932-45
Publisher
Category
Author
Gary Nila, Robert Rolfe
Publish Year
2006
Pages
48
Dimensions
7.5x9.5x.25"
NKG Part #
2147394311
MFG. Part #
OSPMAA432
Type
Softcover
Series
MAA432

Description

The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Special Landing Force units enjoyed a reputation out of proportion to their small size. Often wrongly termed “Imperial Marines”, they were in fact sailors led by Naval officers, and traced their origins directly to landing parties from warships. Their true combat debut was at Shanghai in 1932; thereafter the SNLF expanded and fought in the assaults that followed Pearl Harbor in 1941, and were dispersed as island garrisons during the Pacific campaigns. This book describes their uniforms and equipment in unprecedented detail, including color photos of original items from private collections.