Rabaul 1943-44: Reducing Japan's Great Island Fortress (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Osprey Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Air Campaign, 2
Release date:	2018
Authors:	Mark Lardas
Illustrators:	Mark Postlethwaite (Cover Illustrator)
Dimensions:	248 x 184 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	96
ISBN-13:	978-1-4728-2244-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Naval forces & warfare Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN:	1-4728-2244-7
Barcode:	9781472822444

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