US Marine Corps 1941–45

Osprey Elite #59

by Gordon L. Rottman, Mike Chappell (Illustrator)

While the US Marine Corps was one of the smallest of American armed services in World War II (1939-1945), its contribution to the final victory cannot be overstated. The US Marine Corps may have only comprised 5 percent of America's armed forces, but it suffered 10 percent of all World War II combat casualties. Above all, the amphibious nature of the war in the Pacific imposed on the Marine Corps greater tasks than any it had ever before been called upon to perform. This title details the organization, weapons and equipment of the US Marines of World War II.

Genres: History, Military History, World War II, Military Fiction, War

48 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 1995

About the author

Gordon L. Rottman served for 26 years in the US Army in Special Forces, airborne infantry, long-range reconnaissance patrol, and military intelligence assignments in the Regular Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve. He has worked as a Special Operations Forces scenario writer for 14 years at the Army's Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana where he developed training exercises for Special Forces.
Gordon began writing military history books in 1984 and is currently a full-time author. He has written 50 books for Osprey. He is married with four children and lives in Cypress, Texas.

Reviews

[Steve Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Covers uniforms, equipment, organization and operations. All of it is extremely brief due to constraints of space, but it packs a lot into the book. Not a page turner for battle buffs. It doesn’t mention them but in passing.