The early air war in the Pacific : ten months that changed the course of World War II /
"During the first 10 months of the war in the Pacific, Japan achieved air supremacy with its carrier and land-based forces. After major setbacks at Midway and at Guadalcanal, the empire's expansion stalled, in part due to flaws in aircraft design, strategy and command. This book offers a f...
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2020]
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| 505 | 0 | |a Warhawk and Nate Down, Mariveles volcano, Bataan Peninsula, Philippines -- Admiral Yamamoto's grand scheme -- Tora Tora Tora! -- The Rising sun boils up out of the Pacific -- Little Pearl harbors: Wake and the Philippines -- Air Power versus sea Power -- Wake hangs on -- American Caesar -- Chester W. Nimitz -- Propaganda -- victory Disease spreads to Wake and Asia -- Malaya and Singapore Fall as the Dutch and British East indies begin to Disintegrate -- The siege of the Philippines begins -- The Fall of Sumatra -- Java Falls -- sortie into the Indian Ocean -- The Philippines Falls -- "Eight seconds belong to Uncle Sam" -- Fall from grace -- The Rising sun slides into Penumbra -- Guadalcanal Trek -- Return to Bataan. | |
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