Defense of the Japanese Homeland: Japanese Army Manuals 1943 1945

By Eric Shahan

A collection of three Japanese Army manuals from World War Two. This book contains a reprint and translation of the following manuals: How to Fight With a Bamboo Spear (October 1943)Building Fortifications (April 1945)National Resistance Manual (April 1945)In addition, a translation of a hand to hand combat article from Weekly Photo Report Magazine from July 1945, which shows how to fight with sword, spear and barehanded. This was the final issue of the magazine as the publishing house was incinerate by allied bombing.
These pamphlets were distributed all over Japan in the last year of WW2

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1950959724
• ISBN13: 9781950959723
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Eric Michael Shahan
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"