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Rabaul 1943-44: Reducing Japan's Great Island Fortress Paperback - 2018

by Mark Lardas; Mark Postlethwaite (Illustrator)


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In 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies' path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Rabaul, or starve the 100,000-strong garrison out. Instead the US began an innovative, hard-fought two-year air campaign to draw its teeth, and allow them to bypass the island completely. The struggle decided more than the fate of Rabaul. If successful, the Allies would demonstrate a new form of warfare, where air power, with a judicious use of naval and land forces, would eliminate the need to occupy a ground objective in order to control it. As it turned out, the Siege of Rabaul proved to be more just than a successful demonstration of air power--it provided the roadmap for the rest of World War II in the Pacific.

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  • Title Rabaul 1943-44: Reducing Japan's Great Island Fortress
  • Author Mark Lardas; Mark Postlethwaite (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Osprey Publishing (UK), Oxford Ox1 9PL, United Kingdom
  • Date 2018
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781472822444 / 1472822447
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 7.3 x 0.3 in (23.88 x 18.54 x 0.76 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
    • Cultural Region: Oceania

About the author

Mark Lardas has been fascinated by things related to the sea and sky his entire life. From building models of ships and aircraft as a teen, his maritime interest led him to study Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, but his interest in aviation led him to take a job on the then-new Space Shuttle program. Over the next 30 years he worked as a navigation engineer on the Shuttle program. Currently he works developing commercial aircraft systems as a quality assurance manager. He has written extensively about aircraft and warships and is the author of 25 books, all related to military, naval, or maritime history. He lives in Texas. Mark Postlethwaite was born in Leicestershire in 1964 and has developed a lifelong passion for aviation history. He first worked as a photographer before turning his attention solely to artwork, and is now highly regarded in his field for the quality and accuracy of his work. He became the youngest elected member of the Guild of Aviation Artists in 1991. Mark is a valued Osprey artist and has contributed to more than 100 of its books. He lives in the UK.

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