US Special Warfare Units in the Pacific Theater, 1941-45

Informationen zum Autor Gordon L Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He was assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group until reassigned to the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969-70. He was a Special Operations Forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and is now a highly respected and established author. Klappentext The bitter fighting in the Pacific Theater required new forms of warfare, and the gathering of detailed intelligence information on the remote and varied islands and their determined defenders. As a result, new scout, raider and reconnaissance units were formed Zusammenfassung The bitter fighting in the Pacific Theater required new forms of warfare! and the gathering of detailed intelligence information on the remote and varied islands and their determined defenders. As a result! new scout! raider and reconnaissance units were formed Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Combat mission Doctrine and training Unit organization Tactics Command, control, communications and intelligence (C3I) Weapons and equipment Lessons learned Chronology Bibliography Glossary Index

Product details

• Authors: gordon Rottman, Gordon L. Rottman, Rottman Gordon L.
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.04.2005
• EAN: 9781841767079
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-707-9
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 250 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Battle Orders; Battle orders series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Warfare & defence, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), General and world history, History of the Americas, Battles & campaigns, Modern warfare, Battles and campaigns, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General