Japanese Paratroop Forces of World War II

Gordon L. Rottman,Akira Takizawa

Japanese Paratroop Forces of World War II
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country
United Kingdom
Published
13 September 2005
Pages
64
ISBN
9781841769035

Japanese Paratroop Forces of World War II

Gordon L. Rottman,Akira Takizawa

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. Thetext is illustrated with rare photographs, and meticulouslyreconstructed color artworkof the men and their gear.

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