Osprey Elite 151 : World War II Jungle Warfare Tactics

This book describes and illustrates the slow and painful learning curve followed by the Allies in the mid-war years as they attempted to end the Japanese stranglehold on Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Based on the actual wartime training documents and frontline memoirs, it shows how the British, Australian and US armies transformed their tactics, attitudes and equipment to master the art of jungle warfare. In 1944-45 the Allies finally conquered the jungle environment, exploiting their new strengths and their enemy's weaknesses, to win crushing victories in Burma and on the Pacific islands. Text by Stephen Bull with illustrations by Steve Noon.

Contents

• Introduction
• The Jungle Environment
• Japanese Victories 1941-42
• The Allied Reaction
• The Allied Response 1942
• Japanese Defensive Tactics
• The Turning Point 1944
• The End 1945