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Malaya & Dutch East Indies 1941-42 - Japan's air power shocks the world (Paperback)
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Malaya & Dutch East Indies 1941-42 - Japan's air power shocks the world (Paperback)
Series: Air Campaign
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Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 was quickly followed by a
rapid invasion of Malaya, a plan based entirely on the decisive use
of its airpower. While the British was inadequately prepared, they
likewise relied on the RAF to defend their colony. The campaign was
a short match between Japanese airpower at its peak and an
outgunned colonial air force, and its results were stunning. The
subsequent Dutch East Indies campaign was even more dependent on
airpower, with Japan having to seize a string of island airfields
to support their leapfrog advance. Facing the Japanese was a mixed
bag of Allied air units, including the Dutch East Indies Air
Squadron and the US Far East Air Force. The RAF fell back to
airfields on Sumatra in the last stages of the Malaya campaign, and
was involved in the last stages of the campaign to defend the Dutch
colony. For the first time, this study explores these campaigns
from an airpower perspective, explaining how and why the Japanese
were so devastatingly effective.
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