Description

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction –origins· Organization· Weapons and Equipment· Airborne Operations, 1942 – Manado, Koepang, Palemberg · Airborne Operations, 1944–45 – Kaoru, Luzon, Okinawa · Select bibliography · The Plates · Index

Product details

Published Sep 10 2005
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 64
ISBN 9781841769035
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 43 b/w; 8 col
Dimensions 10 x 7 inches
Series Elite
Short code ELI 127
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Gordon L. Rottman

Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, vol…

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Mike Chappell

MIKE CHAPPELL comes from an Aldershot family with…

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Adam Hook

Adam Hook studied graphic design, and began his wo…

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Richard Hook

Richard Hook was born in 1938 and trained at Reiga…

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