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US Marine Corps Pacific Theater of Operations 1941–43
Description
The outbreak of World War II set in motion a massive expansion of the United States Marine Corps, leading to a 24-fold increase in size by August 1945. This book is the first of several volumes to examine the Corps's meteoric wartime expansion and the evolution of its units. It covers the immediate pre-war period, the rush to deploy defense forces in the war's early months, and the Marines' first combat operations on Guadalcanal, New Georgia, and Bougainville. It focuses on the 1st, 2d, and 3d Marine Divisions (MarDivs) and the provisional 1st, 2d, and 3d Marine Brigades (MarBdes).
Table of Contents
Combat mission
Doctrine and training
Unit organization
Tactics
Command, control, communications and intelligence (C3I)
Weapons and equipment
Lessons learned
Chronology
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Product details
| Published | Feb 25 2004 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 96 |
| ISBN | 9781841765181 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 60 b/w; 55 col |
| Dimensions | 10 x 7 inches |
| Series | Battle Orders |
| Short code | BTO 1 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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