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Title: The Netherlands East Indies Campaign 1941–42
Condition: New
EAN: 9781472843524
ISBN: 9781472843524
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 24/06/2021
Item Height: 248mm
Item Length: 184mm
Item Weight: 332g
Illustrator: Graham Turner
Contributor: Graham Turner (Illustrated by)
Language: English
Subtitle: Japan's Quest for Oil
ISBN-10: 1472843525
Description: At the end of 1941, Imperial Japan targeted The East Indies in an attempt to secure access to precious oil resources. The Netherlands East Indies Campaign featured complex Japanese and Allied operations, and included the first use of airborne troops in the war. This highly illustrated study is one of the less well-known campaigns of the Pacific War.Imperial Japan's campaigns of conquest in late 1941/early 1942 were launched in order to achieve self-sufficiency for the Japanese people, chiefly in the precious commodity of oil. The Netherlands (or Dutch) East Indies formed one of Japan's primary targets, on account of its abundant rubber plantations and oilfields.The Japanese despatched an enormous naval task force to support the amphibious landings over the vast terrain of the Netherlands East Indies. The combined-arms offensive was divided into three groups: western, centre and eastern. The isolated airfields and oilfields were, however, picked off one by one by the Japanese, in the rush to secure the major islands before major Allied reinforcements arrived. This superbly illustrated title describes the operational plans and conduct of the fighting by the major parties involved, and assesses the performance of the opposing forces on the battlefield, bringing to life an often-overlooked campaign of the Pacific War.
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Author: Marc Lohnstein
Book Series: Campaign
Genre: History
Topic: Law & Politics
Release Year: 2021

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