Gordon L. Rottman

World War II US Marine Infantry Regiments (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Dennis, Peter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The United States Marine Corps came into its own in the Pacific Islands campaign against Japan in World War II. From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, US Marines formed the tip of the spear as Allied forces sought to push the Japanese back to their Home Islands. This fascinating study tracks the deployments of the various Marine divisions throughout the war and explains their composition, but also goes deeper, to detail the individual regiments - the focus of the marines' identity and pride. It explains the organization of the Marine infantry regiment and its equipment, and how they evolved during the war. The marine infantryman's evolving uniforms, field equipment and weapons are illustrated throughout using specially commissioned artwork and detailed descriptions to produce a fitting portrait of the US military's elite fighting force in the Pacific.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472826077
• Artikelnr.: 53352450

Autorenporträt

Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969-70 and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol and intelligence assignments before retiring after 26 years. He was a Special Operations Forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and is now a freelance writer, living in Texas.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: formation - campaigns The Marine Divisions: organization - tracking the divisions Evolution of the Marine Infantry Regiment in organization
weapons
and vehicles: 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 The Raider and Parachute Regiments The regiments in combat: 1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th
28th
29th Marines; 1st Raider Regiment
1st Parachute Regiment Field equipment: individual equipment - specialist equipment Further reading