Rabaul 1943 44 Reducing Japan s great island fortress Air Campaign 2
by [Lardas, Mark]
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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.
Product Details
- Osprey Publishing Brand
- Jan 23, 2018 Pub Date:
- 9781472822444 ISBN-13:
- 1472822447 ISBN-10:
- 96.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 8.33 in * 0.38 in * 5.97 in Dimensions:
- 2 lb Weight:
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