OSPREY MEN-AT-ARMS #20: JAPANESE ARMY OF WORLD WAR II (1973)

Name: OSPREY MEN-AT-ARMS #20: JAPANESE ARMY OF WORLD WAR II (1973)
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Japanese Army of World War IIAuthor(s): Philip Warner, Michael Youens\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Osprey Publishing\nISBN-13: 9780850451184, 978-0850451184\nSynopsis\nIn 1941 the Allied forces in the Pacific were devastatingly unprepared for the onslaught of the Japanese Army, which by this time had been fighting for ten years on the Manchurian front.\n\nThe Allies paid dearly for their lack of planning and found themselves defeated time and time again as the seasoned Japanese forces swept through the Pacific colonies. This book examines the Japanese concept of war and describes the organisation, tactics and weaponry of the Japanese Army from their triumphant invasions of [tel] until their ultimate defeat in 1945.\n\nNumerous illustrations and colour plates depict the weapons and uniforms of the Japanese troops in vivid detail.