Tanks in the Philippines 1944?45
The biggest armored clashes of the Pacific War
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Product details:
- Publisher Osprey Publishing
- Date of Publication 21 November 2024
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9781472859402
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages48 pages
- Size 246x180x2 mm
- Weight 165 g
- Language English
- Illustrations Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8 pages of colour illustrations 622
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Long description:
The first book to examine the Japanese and American tank forces in the Philippines campaigns, which saw the biggest armored clashes of the Pacific War.
The Philippines saw the most extensive tank combat of any single theater in the Pacific War. In this book, armor expert Steven J. Zaloga explains the capabilities of the tank forces involved and how they fought.
He explains how while the first tank clashes on Leyte were relatively small scale, the fighting for Luzon, including the capital Manila, saw massive use of tanks by Pacific standards, and indeed, Luzon was the only place where a Japanese armored division was thrown into combat against US forces. While there was some tank-vs-tank combat in northern Luzon when the Japanese 2nd Tank Division faced separate US Army tank battalions, most tank fighting in the Philippines involved their use in the traditional infantry support role, including in the largest urban battle of the Pacific War, the horrific struggle for Manila.
Packed with rare archive photos and detailed original illustrations of the tanks, this book offers a concisely detailed account of the neglected role of armor in the recapture of the Philippines.
Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION
DOCTRINE AND ORGANIZATION
- IJA doctrine and organization
- US Army doctrine and organization
TECHNICAL FACTORS
- Japanese tanks and AFVs
- US Army tanks and AFVs
THE CAMPAIGN
- Operation King-2: Leyte
- Operation Mike-1: Luzon
ANALYSIS
FURTHER READING
INDEX
