Rabaul 1943–44 : Reducing Japan's great island fortress Paperback / softback
by Mark Lardas
Illustrated by Mark (Cover Illustrator) Postlethwaite
Part of the Air Campaign series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:96 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:25/01/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781472822444
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Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:96 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:25/01/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781472822444
