World War II Jungle Warfare Tactics
Author | : Stephen Bull |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2013-08-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781472805270 |
ISBN-13 | : 1472805275 |
Rating | : 4/5 (275 Downloads) |
Download or read book World War II Jungle Warfare Tactics written by Stephen Bull and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes and illustrates, in fascinating detail, the slow and painful learning curve followed by the Allies in the mid-war years as they attempted to end the Japanese stranglehold on Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Based on the actual wartime training documents and front-line memoirs, it shows how the British, Australian and US armies transformed their tactics, attitudes and equipment to master the art of jungle warfare. In 1944-45 the Allies finally conquered the jungle environment, exploiting their new strengths and their enemy's weaknesses, to win crushing victories in Burma and on the Pacific islands.