BATTLE ORDERS No 1 US MARINE CORPS PTO (1) 1941-1943

The US Marine Corps in the Pacific Theatre of Operations, covering the period 1941-1943 * Four years after Pearl Harbor, when the 4th Marines landed in Tokyo Bay, the Corps was 24-fold larger than it had been at the beginning of the war, and its capabilities and organisation had grown accordingly. This book is the first of several volumes that examine the Corps' wartime expansion and the evolution of its units. It covers the pre-war period and follows Marine units through their first operations as well as their rush to deploy defence forces in the war's early months. It focuses on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Marine Divisions (MarDivs) and the provisional 1st, 2nd and 3rd Marine Brigades (MarBrigades) * Combat Mission * Doctrine and training * Unit organisation * Tactics * Weapons and equipment * Command, control, communications and intelligence * Unit status * Comprehensive Orders of Battle for the combat units and support units down to company level. The plans and actual operations are detailed in colour computer-generated maps. Lavishly illustrated and with twenty Order of Battle charts and fold-out battle maps.