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Early Pacific Raids 1942 - The American Carriers Strike Back (Paperback) Loot Price: R430
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Early Pacific Raids 1942 - The American Carriers Strike Back (Paperback): Brian Lane Herder

Early Pacific Raids 1942 - The American Carriers Strike Back (Paperback)

Brian Lane Herder; Illustrated by Adam Tooby

Series: Campaign

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A fascinating exploration of how between February 1 and March 10, 1942, three small US task forces launched several unexpected raids across the Japanese defensive perimeter in the Central and South Pacific.

After the devastating Japanese blows of December 1941, the Allies found themselves reeling with defeat everywhere in the Pacific. Although stripped of his battleships and outnumbered 10:3 in carriers, the US Navy commander-in-chief Admiral Ernest J. King decided to hit back at Japan’s rapidly expanding Pacific empire immediately, in an effort to keep the Japanese off-balance.

On February 1, 1942, Vice Admiral Bill Halsey led the US Pacific Fleet carriers on their first raid, using high-speed hit-and-run tactics to strike at the Japanese, at a time when most of the Japanese carrier fleet was in the Indian Ocean. Halsey’s aggressive commitment inspired its American participants to invent the mythical Haul Ass With Halsey" club. The last of the 1942 US carrier raids in March 1942 would form a defining moment in the Pacific War, prior to a new phase of high-seas battles between the opposing fleets.

This superbly illustrated book documents for the first time in a single volume this little-known but important World War II naval campaign. The fabulous illustrations, including maps and colour artworks, bring to life the US air and naval raids on the Japanese bases in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands, Rabaul, Wake Island, Marcus Island, and Lae and Salamaua in northern New Guinea."

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Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Campaign
Release date: June 2023
Authors: Brian Lane Herder
Illustrators: Adam Tooby
Dimensions: 248 x 184 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 978-1-4728-5487-2
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Naval forces & warfare
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
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Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
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LSN: 1-4728-5487-X
Barcode: 9781472854872

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