Rabaul, 1943-44: Reducing Japan's great island fortress by Lardas, Mark; - 2018

Osprey Publishing, 2018-01-23. Paperback. Very Good. 0.3150 9.6850 7.1654.

Osprey Publishing, 2018-01-23. Paperback. Like New.

Osprey Publishing, 2018-01-23. Paperback. New.

Osprey Publishing, 2018-01-23. Paperback. Used:Good.

Osprey Publishing, 2018-01-23. Paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; 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

Osprey Pub Co, 2018. Paperback. New. 96 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.25 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. 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.