US Marine Corps Pacific Theater of Operations 1941-43

Informationen zum Autor Gordon L. Rottman, illustrated by Ian Palmer Klappentext The outbreak of World War II set in motion a massive expansion of the United States Marine Corps, leading to a 24-fold increase in size by August 1945. This book is the first of several volumes to examine the Corps's meteoric wartime expansion and the evolution of its units. It covers the immediate pre-war period, the rush to deploy defense forces in the war's early months, and the Marines' first combat operations on Guadalcanal, New Georgia, and Bougainville. It focuses on the 1st, 2d, and 3d Marine Divisions (MarDivs) and the provisional 1st, 2d, and 3d Marine Brigades (MarBdes). Zusammenfassung The outbreak of World War II set in motion a massive expansion of the United States Marine Corps, leading to a 24-fold increase in size by August 1945. This book is the first of several volumes to examine the Corps's meteoric wartime expansion and the evolution of its units. It covers the immediate pre-war period, the rush to deploy defense forces in the war's early months, and the Marines' first combat operations on Guadalcanal, New Georgia, and Bougainville. It focuses on the 1st, 2d, and 3d Marine Divisions (MarDivs) and the provisional 1st, 2d, and 3d Marine Brigades (MarBdes). 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

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Gordon L Rottman, Gordon L. Rottman, Rottman Gordon L.
• Edition: Osprey Publishers
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 25.02.2004
• EAN: 9781841765181
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-518-1
• Pages: 96
• Dimensions: 182 mm x 246 mm x 8 mm
• Thèmes: Battle Orders S.; Battle Orders S.; Battle Orders
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