| Item title: | Field manual: combat tactics of special naval landing parties |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/7) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS enemy publications |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/7 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-77 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 175 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Published, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 18/1/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, JUNGLE OPERATIONS, MILITARY TRAINING, TRAINING, CAMOUFLAGE AND CONCEALMENT |
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| Japanese unit names: | Yamada Unit (Salamaua Garrison Unit) Sasebo No.5 Special Naval Landing Party Force |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Malahang [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] Lae [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Malahang on 10 September 1943 shortly before the fall of Lae and the Japanese retreat across the Finisterre Ranges. This item is a manual on land warfare for the training of Special Naval Landing Parties and includes information on battle tactics, formations, defence, communications, smoke screens and camouflage. It also contains recent updates based on combat experiences in New Guinea. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:22 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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