[PDF] Us Marine Corps 1941 45 eBook

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 21,30 MB
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1782004556

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While the US Marine Corps was one of the smallest of American armed services in World War II, its contribution to the final victory cannot be overstated. The US Marine Corps may have only comprised 5 percent of America's armed forces, but it suffered 10 percent of all World War II combat casualties. Above all, he amphibious nature of the war in the Pacific imposed on the Marine Corps greater tasks than any it had ever before been called upon to perform. This title details the organization, weapons and equipment of the US Marines of World War II.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 11,26 MB
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1782004866

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While the US Marine Corps was one of the smallest of American armed services in World War II, its contribution to the final victory cannot be overstated. The US Marine Corps may have only comprised 5 percent of America's armed forces, but it suffered 10 percent of all World War II combat casualties. Above all, he amphibious nature of the war in the Pacific imposed on the Marine Corps greater tasks than any it had ever before been called upon to perform. This title details the organization, weapons and equipment of the US Marines of World War II.

Author : Gordon Rottman
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 2003-12-01
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ISBN : 9780756790394

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This volume, in the Osprey Military Fighting Elite series, contains detailed information on the uniforms and insignia of one of the world's most famous military forces. While the U.S. Marine Corps was one of the smallest of American armed services in World War II, its contribution to the final victory cannot be overstated, and the Marines suffered 10% of the nation's combat casualties. By the end of the war, 98% of the Marine Corps' officers and 89% of its enlisted men had been deployed abroad. The Marines conducted proportionally more amphibious assaults than the Army; these landings were often followed by some of the most brutal combat experienced by U.S. forces. The book includes over 50 photographs and diagrams, plus 12 full-color plates.

Author : Lieutenant Colonel George Forty OBE
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 13,57 MB
Release : 2006-09-21
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0752495852

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Employing a range of archive black and white photographs, this book examines the US Marine Corps' organisation and command structure, strategy, tactics and amphibious assault doctrine. Providing biographies of its most influential figures, it also surveys insignia, uniforms and equipment to provide a portrait of the US Marine Corps at war.

Author : Kenneth W Estes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 20,39 MB
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1782000550

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The ferocity of the Pacific war almost defied the available military technology. In this environment the evolving use of tanks by the US Marine Corps played a significant role; at the end of the Battle of Okinawa, Major General Lemuel Shepherd wrote in his report that 'if any one supporting arm can be singled out as having contributed more than any others during the progress of the campaign, the tank would certainly be selected.' This book traces the history of the US Marine Corps tank crewman, including the significant changes in doctrine, equipment, and organization that the war brought, and his experience fighting in the Pacific theater.

Author : Kenneth W Estes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 11,6 MB
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1782000593

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The ferocity of the Pacific war almost defied the available military technology. In this environment the evolving use of tanks by the US Marine Corps played a significant role; at the end of the Battle of Okinawa, Major General Lemuel Shepherd wrote in his report that 'if any one supporting arm can be singled out as having contributed more than any others during the progress of the campaign, the tank would certainly be selected.' This book traces the history of the US Marine Corps tank crewman, including the significant changes in doctrine, equipment, and organization that the war brought, and his experience fighting in the Pacific theater.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 28,37 MB
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1782004564

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The US armed forces were responsible for many tactical innovations during the years 1941–45, but in no field was US mastery more complete than amphibious warfare. In the vast, almost empty battlefield of the Pacific the US Navy and Marine Corps were obliged to develop every aspect of the amphibious assault landing in painstaking detail, from the design of many new types of vessel, down to the tactics of the rifle platoon hitting the beach, and the logistic system without which they could not have fought their way inland. This fascinating study offers a clear, succinct explanation of every phase of these operations as they evolved during the war years, illustrated with detailed color plates and photographs.