Tanks On Iwo Jima 1945

Author : Romain Cansière
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472860378

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Tanks on Iwo Jima 1945 by Romain Cansière Pdf

An award-winning US Marine Corps armor historian's account of the role of US and Japanese tanks on Iwo Jima. The battle of Iwo Jima is iconic and known for its brutality: this was the only battle in which the number of US casualties outnumbered those of the Japanese. But as is often the case with the Pacific campaigns, the tank action on the island has generally been overshadowed by that of infantry. The tank, however, played an important role as a support weapon – especially on the US side – despite the rough terrain and unconventional enemy tactics. Using unpublished official records and veterans' accounts, award-winning USMC armor specialist Romain Cansière sheds new light on Japanese and USMC armored operations on the island. This book offers new information on the battle in a complete, concise, and accessible format, and its illustrations include unpublished photographs from private collections and meticulously researched new color profiles, highlighting the tanks' modifications and their diverse camouflage and markings.

Author : Robert M. Neiman,Kenneth W. Estes
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781585442409

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Tanks on the Beaches by Robert M. Neiman,Kenneth W. Estes Pdf

Robert Neiman, perhaps the most experienced combat commander of the U.S. Marine Corps’ tank arm, was one of the rare USMC officers to serve in both Iwo Jima and Okinawa battles. In Tanks on the Beaches, Neiman and his coauthor, Kenneth Estes, relay vivid accounts of fighting in the Pacific War, as well as Marine Corps service during the entire World War II period, devoid of idolatry and mythmaking. The result is a war story told from the unique perspective of men fighting from armored machines in desperate battles against a determined enemy. After the capture of Guadalcanal, Neiman endured Japanese bombardments there to gather information for his assignment as operations officer of a new tank school being formed in California. He eventually led his own tank company through four island battles culminating in the cauldron of Iwo Jima. Later, he finished the war as executive officer and commanding officer of the 1st Tank Battalion on occupation and security duty in North China in 1945–46. Neiman and Estes take the reader from prewar training at Quantico and in North Carolina through the delights of a New Zealand bereft of men, the horrors of Saipan and Iwo, the peculiar situation in China after the war, and then the trip back to the States for Neiman’s successful postwar career as a lumber retailer. Through it all, Estes translates Neiman’s eye for the interesting and the human into a multifaceted tale of a young Marine going to war. This is an adventure story with many novel turns that will attract the interest of military experts, military history aficionados, Marine Corps members in general, and veterans of armored fighting vehicle units. Neiman is not a USMC icon, just one of the unheralded thousands of officers who did the real fighting. This is their story, as much as it is his.

Author : Derrick Wright
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750994071

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The Battle for Iwo Jima 1945 by Derrick Wright Pdf

Iwo Jima was the United States Marine Corps' toughest ever battle and a turning point in the Pacific War. In February 1945, three Marine Divisions stormed the island's shores in what was supposed to be a ten-day battle, but they had reckoned without General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, the enemy commander.

Author : David E. Harper
Publisher : Squadron/Signal Publications
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
ISBN : 0897475593

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Tank Warfare on Iwo Jima by David E. Harper Pdf

Author : David McCormack
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Japanese Tanks and Armoured Warfare 1932-1945 by David McCormack Pdf

The popular image of the Japanese tanks which faced the markedly superior tanks fielded by the Allies during the Second World War is one of poorly armed and armoured Lilliputian tin cans which failed to make any impression upon the battlefield. In this absorbing new history, David McCormack looks beyond widely held and unchallenged misconceptions to create a new narrative in which Japan's rightful place as a leading innovator in tank design and doctrine is restored. Why did Japan produce tanks in such limited numbers? What contribution did Japanese tanks make to the war effort? Why did it take Japan so long to develop heavier tanks capable of meeting the Allies on more equal terms? Drawing from primary and secondary sources, the author's meticulous research provides the reader with an objective appraisal of both the successes and failures of the Empire of the Sun's tank forces.

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849085618

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US Marine Corps Tanks of World War II by Steven J. Zaloga Pdf

During World War II, the US Marine Corps formed six tank battalions that battled through the harsh conditions of the Pacific Theatre. Using the same basic tanks as the US Army, notably the M3 and M5A1 light tanks and the M4 Sherman medium tank, the marines made both technical and tactical innovations to make them more effective in the fight against the Japanese. Deep wading equipment, flamethrower tanks, and even wooden armor all became part of the Marine arsenal. This book examines the tactics and technology that made the US Marine Corps tank service unique in the annals of warfare.

Author : Andrew Rawson
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459734074

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Iwo Jima 1945 by Andrew Rawson Pdf

One of the bloodiest battles of the war in the Pacific. Operation Detachment, the invasion of Iwo Jima, on February 19, 1945, was the first campaign on Japanese soil, and it resulted in some of the fiercest fighting of the Pacific campaign. United States Marines supported by the U.S. Navy and Air Force fought the Japanese both over and underground on the island of volcanic ash, in a battle which was immortalized by the raising of the Stars and Stripes above Mount Suribachi. It was a battle that the Japanese could not win, but they were determined to die trying; of the 18,000-strong garrison, only 200 were taken prisoner. The Americans lost more in the 35-day battle, but at the end they had possession of three airfields in range of the Japanese mainland. This book gives a clear, concise account of those dramatic days in 1945, supported by a timeline of events and orders of battle. Over fifty photographs illustrate the events during this momentous battle.

Author : Andrew Rawson
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459734067

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Iwo Jima 1945 by Andrew Rawson Pdf

The story of one of the most dramatic and important battles in the Second World War’s Pacific theatre is expertly related and explained by a leading historian, with detailed illustrations and supplementary facts.

Author : André Geraque Kiffer
Publisher : Clube de Autores
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : PKEY:CLDEAU63920

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Battle Of Iwo Jima, 1945 by André Geraque Kiffer Pdf

It was a major battle in which the US Marine Corps and Navy landed and finally captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (EIJ) during World War II. As there was the possibility of unfavorable tidal conditions along the eastern beaches, the V Corps issued an alternative plan that provided for a landing on the western beaches (Purple, Browns 1 and 2, Whites 1 and 2, Oranges 1 and 2). Trying to simulate the possibility of a Japanese victory would be unrealistic. So let s imagine another possibility for the inexorable American victory, trying to accelerate a secure conquest of the island and a reduction in the number of American casualties. Thus, we will try to take advantage of the relatively favorable factor of the number of access and carry out a simulation in which the maximum number of beaches would be used, with simultaneous landings in areas “A”, “B” and “C”.

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472858849

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US Battle Tanks 1917–1945 by Steven J. Zaloga Pdf

A comprehensive and detailed illustrated examination of the development and combat performance of US battle tanks from World War I to the end of World War II. In this, the first of two highly illustrated volumes examining the complete history of US Army and US Marine Corps battle tanks, Steven J. Zaloga focuses on the history of the tank in American service from the first experiments with armored vehicles in the early years of the 20th century through to the end of World War II. Expanding on material published in Osprey series including New Vanguard, Campaign, and Duel, US Battle Tanks 1917–1945 explores the concepts and practice of tank development from the Renault FT, through the M4 Sherman to the M26 Pershing. It describes the experiences of the crews who saw combat, the performance of each tank in battle, and how each American armored fighting vehicle compared with the enemy armor it faced, as well as the key lessons learned from combat that led to new concepts and technological breakthroughs.

Author : Turner Publishing
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781563115585

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Marine Corps Tankers Assn by Turner Publishing Pdf

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780962078

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Japanese Tanks 1939–45 by Steven J. Zaloga Pdf

The Japanese Army used tanks to great effect in the build-up to World War II. Inspired by European designs, in the 1920s and 1930s an innovative Japanese tank program facilitated their campaigns in China prior to the Pacific War. During the ensuing war against the Allies tanks were deployed imaginatively in jungle terrain previously thought impassable by such vehicles, being integral in Malaya and the capture of Singapore. Steven J Zaloga uses detailed and colorful artwork and photographs to explore these designs, explaining their neglect in favor of the naval priorities that left Japanese tanks outmoded by Western designs.

Author : United States. Marine Corps,Whitman S. Bartley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)
ISBN : UOM:39015008698394

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Iwo Jima by United States. Marine Corps,Whitman S. Bartley Pdf

Author : Derrick Wright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782002406

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Iwo Jima 1945 by Derrick Wright Pdf

A definitive account of the battle of Iwo Jima, from its origins to its hard-fought conclusion. One of the decisive battles of the Second World War in the Pacific, Iwo Jima was described by Lieutenant-General Holland Smith, Commander Fleet Marine Forces Pacific, as 'The most savage and most costly battle in the history of the Marine Corps' - a titanic struggle that eclipsed all that had gone before. Situated halfway along the B-29 Superfortress route to the Japanese mainland, the island was of major strategic importance to the US Air Force, but also to the Japanese, 20,000 of whom were deeply entrenched in the island.

Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782009795

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American Tanks & AFVs of World War II by Michael Green Pdf

The entry of the US into World War II provided the Allies with the industrial might to finally take the war to German and Japanese forces across the world. Central to this was the focus of the American military industrial complex on the manufacture of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles. Between 1939 and 1945, 88,140 tanks and 18,620 other armored vehicles were built – almost twice the number that Germany and Great Britain combined were able to supply. In this lavishly illustrated volume, armour expert Michael Green examines the dizzying array of machinery fielded by the US Army, from the famed M4 Sherman, M3 Stuart and M3 Lee through to the half-tracks, armored cars, self-propelled artillery, tank destroyers, armored recovery vehicles and tracked landing vehicles that provided the armoured fist that the Allies needed to break Axis resistance in Europe and the Pacific. Publishing in paperback for the first time and packed with historical and contemporary colour photography, this encyclopedic new study details the design, development, and construction of these vehicles, their deployment in battle and the impact that they had on the outcome of the war.