Rabaul 1943–44: Reducing Japan's great island fortress
Mark Lardas, Mark Postlethwaite (Illustrator)
In 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies' path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Rabaul, or starve the 100,000-strong garrison out. Instead the US began an innovative, hard-fought two-year air campaign to draw its teeth, and allow them to bypass the island completely. The struggle decided more than the fate of Rabaul. If successful, the Allies would demonstrate a new form of warfare, where air power, with a judicious use of naval and land forces, would eliminate the need to occupy a ground objective in order to control it. As it turned out, the Siege of Rabaul proved to be more just than a successful demonstration of air power--it provided the roadmap for the rest of World War II in the Pacific.
Kateqoriyalar:
Tom:
2
İl:
2017
Nəşriyyat:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Dil:
english
Səhifələr:
96
ISBN 10:
1472822463
ISBN 13:
9781472822468
Seriyalar:
Air Campaign
Fayl:
EPUB, 13.97 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2017