Battle of Iwo Jima: The Fight for the Pacific, 1945

Battle of Iwo Jima: The Fight for the Pacific, 1945 by ANDREW RAWSON


Authors
ANDREW RAWSON
ISBN
9781803998831
Published
Binding
Paperback
Dimensions
129 x 198mm

Detailed profiles explore the leaders, tactics and equipment of the US and Japanese armies. Operation Detachment, the US invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, was the first campaign on Japanese soil and resulted in some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific. If you truly want to understand what happened and why ? read this battle story. Detailed profiles explore the leaders, tactics and equipment of the US and Japanese armies. Nine specially commissioned maps track the progress of the battle and the shifting frontlines. Rare photographs place you in the centre of the unfolding action. Diary extracts and quotes give you a soldier's eye-view of the battle. Orders of Battle reveal the composition of the opposing forces' armies. Packed with fact boxes, this short introduction is the perfect way to explore this important battle. AUTHOR: Andrew Rawson is a freelance writer who has written several books, covering campaigns from the Napoleonic Wars, World War I and World War II, including the 'British Army Handbook, 1914?1918', 'Vietnam War Handbook' and 'The Third Reich 1919?1939' for The History Press. 85 b/w illustrations
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