Defense of Japan 1945 (Five Stars)

By the second half of 1945 Japan was all but defeated. All that was left was a final invasion of the Home Islands by the Allied armada that was being organized offshore. The militarists who had dragged Japan into war now planned a final battle for the homeland.

In this book the coastal, antiaircraft, naval and ground defenses of Japan itself are discussed and illustrated, everything from the conventional coast artillery fortresses to the rocket-launched jet kamikazes. As usual with Osprey, the book includes excellent photos, original artwork, maps and tables which explains the evolution of Japan's home island defense plan. While hardly an in-depth book, it does serve to provide an understanding of both the fixed-defenses and the mobile defenses available to the Japanese army and navy. A neat little book on this topic!