Description
Banzai: Japanese Infantry Organization and Tactics in World War II, Vol. 3, Historical Examples of Night Battles
Compiled by G.F.Nafziger
Size: 8.5″ x 11
Illustrations: 36 maps
Pages: 103 pages
$25 soft cover
This third volume is a follow on to the first two volumes. It provides detailed discussions of 12 historical night attacks, starting with the attack on Mt. Kungchangling in the Russo-Japanese War of 1905. It includes night attacks against the Chinese as well as the British And Americans.
This and the two companion volumes were written at the direction of the US 8th Army, then occupying Japan. Two monographs form the backbone of this work: Japanese Special Studies on Manchuria, Vol. V. Infantry Operaitons, which was prepared by Major General Matsushiro Ugaki, an infantry expert who served in Manchuria as well as the Chiba Infantry School. The second work, much larger than the first, was Japanese Night Combat. It was prepared for the HQ, US Army Forces, Far East, and the 8th US Army, Military History Section, Japanese Research Section. It was prepared by Lt. Colonel Kengoro Tanaka and Lt. Colonel Mastaka Ida, among others. In addition, various Immediate Reports, Lessons Learned Reports, and other documents prepared by the US Army as it fought its way through the Pacific have been integrated into these documents.
