Gary Nila, Robert A. Rolfe

Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces (eBook, ePUB)

Uniforms and equipment 1932-45
Illustrator: Hook, Christa

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Imperial Japanese Navy's Special Landing Force units enjoyed a reputation out of proportion to their small size. Often wrongly termed "Imperial Marines", they were in fact sailors led by Naval officers, and traced their origins directly to landing parties from warships. Their true combat debut was at Shanghai in 1932; thereafter the SNLF expanded and fought in the assaults that followed Pearl Habor in 1941, and were dispersed as island garrisons during the Pacific campaigns. This book describes their uniforms and equipment in unprecedented detail, including color photos of original items from private collections.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780962399
• Artikelnr.: 38416148

Autorenporträt

Gary Nila is a former Los Angeles Police Officer and FBI Special Agent who now works as an investigator with Northrop Grumman Corporation Air Combat Systems. He has been a collector of World War II Japanese military uniforms and equipment for over 30 years. Robert Rolfe is retired from the US Postal Service, and has collected WWII Japanese Military uniforms and equipment for over 42 years. Robert has one of the largest and most complete SNLF collections in the world. Robert lives with his wife in Burbank, CA.

Inhaltsangabe

Origins of SNLF - World War II Headgear including caps and helmuts ·
Uniforms · Footwear · Insignia of rank and specialty · Leather equipment ·
Cloth & canvas equipment · Weapons · Naval paratroop equipment ·
Miscellaneous equipment