The Invasion of the South : Army Air Force Operations, and the Invasion of Northern and Central Sumatra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Remmelink, Wim.

Contributor:

Remmelink, Willem

Series:

Senshi Sosho Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (519 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Invasion of the South

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1966 and 1980, the War History Office of the National Defense College of Japan (now the Center for Military History of the National Institute for Defense Studies) published the 102-volume Senshi Sōsho (War History Series). The present book completes the trilogy of English translations of the sections in the Senshi Sōsho series on the Japanese operations against the former Dutch East Indies (Indonesia). The first volume (The Invasion of the Dutch East Indies, 2015) details the army operations, the second volume (The Operations of the Navy in the Dutch East Indies and the Bay of Bengal, 2018) the navy operations, and this third volume the army air force operations. The three volumes provide an unparalleled insight into the Japanese campaign to capture Southeast Asia and the oil fields in the Indonesian archipelago in what was at that time the largest transoceanic landing operation in the military history of the world. It was also the first time in history that air power was employed with devastating effect over such enormous distances, posing complex technical and logistical problems.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents [War History Series Vol. 34]

Editor's Note

About the Senshi Sōsho (War History Series)

A Note on Japanese Military Aviation

Foreword

Preface

Explanatory Notes

Introduction: The Army's Strategy for the Areas to the South [of Japan] and the Changes in the Employment of Aviation (Until the Spring of 1941)

Part I The Army Air Service's Preparations for the Southern Invasion Operation (May - November 1941)

Introduction

Chapter 1 The War Preparedness of the Air Forces in the South Around the Opening of Hostilities Between Germany and the Soviet Union (May - August 1941)

Chapter 2 The War Preparations of the Army Air Service After the Plan for the Southern Invasion Had Been Roughly Decided (August - October, 1941)

Chapter 3 and 4. The Operational Preparations of the Army Air Service After the Determination to Open Hostilities (October - November 1941)

Part II The Operations of the Army Air Service at the Time of the Invasion of the Key Areas in the South (up to March 1942)

Chapter 5 The Air Operations in Preparation of the Capture of Singapore and Palembang (January 1942)

Chapter 6 The Palembang Paradrop Operation and Support for the Capture of Singapore

Chapter 7 and 8. The Invasion of Java: The Success of the Stepping-Stone Tactics

Part III The Air Operations in the Final Period of the Invasion of Key Areas in the South (Until June 1942)

Chapter 1 - 4 Evaluation of the [Military] Gains and Examination of a Policy for Subsequent Operations (March - April 1942)

Conclusion

Notes

List of Signs and Abbreviations (Chiefly Related to the Army Air Service)

Addendum: War History Series Volume 5, Chapter 4

Chapter 4 The Invasion Operations Against Both Central and Northern Sumatra and the Andaman Islands, as well as the Transport Operation to Burma

Notes Volume 5, Chapter 4

Glossary

Index of Personal Names

Index of Place Names

List of Organizations that Supported this Publication

Notes:

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ISBN:

90-8728-366-0

OCLC:

1493422760