Rabaul 1943-44, Air Campaign 2, Osprey
- Brand: Osprey
- Product Code: ACM2 [26981]
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- Date added: 23/11/2023
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RABAUL 1943-44 - Reducing Japan's great island fortress
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.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Chronology
- Attackers' Capabilities
- Defenders' Capabilities
- Campaign Objectives
- The Campaign
- Aftermath and Analysis
- Bibliography
- Index
Author: Mark Lardas
Illustrator: Mark Postlethwaite
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Description: 96 pages, Paperback, 247 X 184 mm.
Condition: FINE
Shipping weight: 470 gr.