Japanese Paratroop Forces Of World War Ii (elite)
by Gordon Rottman /
2005 / English / PDF
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Osprey's examination of Japan's parachute units of World War II
(1939-1945). 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.
Osprey's examination of Japan's parachute units of World War II
(1939-1945). 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.
