World War II Jungle Warfare Tactics

World War II Jungle Warfare Tactics

World War II Jungle Warfare Tactics

World War II Jungle Warfare Tactics

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472805270
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 08/20/2013
Series: Elite , #151
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 64
Sales rank: 1,010,309
File size: 10 MB

About the Author

Dr Stephen Bull is Curator of Military History and Archaeology for Lancashire County Museums with special responsibility for local regimental collections; he has previously worked at the National Army Museum and the BBC. Amongst his other books are four Osprey titles, two on World War I Trench Warfare (Elite 78&84), and two on World War II Infantry Tactics in the Institute of Field Archaeologists in 2004, he has appeared in the TV series Battlefield Detectives. Elected a Member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists in 2004, he has appeared in the TV series Battlefield Detectives. His latest exhibition is a display of Far East prisoner-of-war art at the Museum of Lancashire, Preston.

Steve Noon was born in Kent, UK, and attended art college in Cornwall. He has had a life-long passion for illustration, and since 1985 has worked as a professional artist. Steve has provided award-winning illustrations for renowned publishers Dorling Kindersley, where his interest in historical illustration began.
Stephen Bull is the author of numerous military history books, including Trench Warfare: Battle Tactics, 20th Century Arms and Armament and An Historical Guide to Arms and Armor. He has worked as the Curator of Military History and Archaeology at the Museum of Lancashire and at the National Army Museum in London.
Steve Noon was born in Kent, UK, and attended art college in Cornwall. He's had a life-long passion for illustration, and since 1985 has worked as a professional artist. He has provided award-winning illustrations for the publishers Dorling Kindersley, where his interest in historical illustration began. Steve has illustrated over 70 books for Osprey.

Table of Contents


Introduction     3
The environment, and reactions to it - the many variations of 'jungle' terrain
Movement and navigation
The jungle as battlefield
Allied Failure, 1941-42     6
British Empire forces - the lack of centralized doctrine and training - experience in Malaya
United States forces - manual FM 31-20, December 1941 - subsequent changes, 1942-43
Japanese Success, 1941-42     12
Col Tsuji and the Taiwan Army Research Station - advisory pamphlet for the Malayan campaign
Offensive tactics
Ambush and deception
Machine gun tactics
Allied Reaction, 1942-43     21
British 'stay-behinds' and irregulars
British 1942 training manuals
The Australian contribution: the Canungra training course - the 6th Division manual, 1943
The American response
Infantry and tanks: British - US Army - US Marines
Long Range Penetration, 1943-44     41
Orde Wingate and the Chindit concept
Operations 'Longcloth' and 'Thursday'
FM 72-20: US Tactics, 1944     48
Living with the jungle
Weapons and clothing
Defensive tactics
Patrol tactics
To the Last Man, 1944-45     51
Japanese tactical conservatism and logistic failure, 1944-45
Improvement of Allied small unit tactics
Japanese defensive tactics
Bunker-busting: Allied assault teams - tank/infantry co-operation -Japanese responses
Plate Commentaries     59
Index     64
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