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DescriptionThis is a complete two-volume set of “Studies in Positional Warfare” (Jinchi-sen no Kenkyu), produced by the Imperial Japanese Army Staff College officers’ association.The Imperial Japanese Army Staff College was one of the highest-level military educational institutions in prewar Japan. It trained selected officers for future service as staff officers and senior commanders.In other words, this was not an ordinary soldiers’ handbook. It represents the type of advanced tactical study used to teach officers how to analyze and control a battlefield.The subject is positional or trench warfare: how defensive positions were constructed, how artillery and machine guns were deployed, and how an enemy defensive line could be attacked and broken.Especially interesting are the numerous maps, diagrams and separate tactical plates included with the set. They show troop positions, fields of fire, defensive lines and attack routes, allowing us to see how Japanese Army officers were actually taught to visualize a battlefield.The work was lectured by Koichi Komoda, with a preface by Lieutenant General Jiro Tamon, a senior Imperial Japanese Army officer.What makes this set particularly attractive is its completeness:
both volumes, original slipcase, and numerous supplementary maps and diagrams remain together.This is not a modern history book explaining the Japanese Army after the fact. It is a surviving piece of the Army’s own professional military education.For collectors and researchers, it offers a direct look into the tactical thinking that existed behind the soldiers seen in wartime photographs.There is age-related wear, staining, discoloration and folding, particularly to the supplementary materials. Please carefully examine the photographs for condition.Own a Piece of History.Shipping
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