• Rabaul 1943-44, Air Campaign 2, Osprey

Rabaul 1943-44, Air Campaign 2, Osprey

 

  • Brand: Osprey
  • Product Code: ACM2 [26981]
  • Availability: In Stock & ready to ship!
  • Date added: 23/11/2023

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  • 15.00€


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.

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