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Pacific Adversaries - Volume Two - Imperial Japanese Navy vs the Allies New Guinea & the Solomons 1942-1944 (Paperback)
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Pacific Adversaries - Volume Two - Imperial Japanese Navy vs the Allies New Guinea & the Solomons 1942-1944 (Paperback)
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This Volume Two of Pacific Adversaries conveys detailed stories of
aerial warfare in the South Pacific, chosen because both Japanese
and Allied records can be matched for an accurate accounting. Often
the actual outcomes are very different to the exaggerated claims
made by both sides upon which many traditional histories have
relied to date. Further, for each of the chosen stories
photographic or other evidence enables an accurate depiction of the
aircraft involved. Through these chosen snapshots, Pacific
Adversaries will portray the South Pacific conflict as accurately
as possible. This second volume focuses exclusively on
confrontations with the Japanese Navy Air Force (JNAF) in New
Guinea and the Solomons, known to the Japanese as the "South Seas".
The JNAF first appeared in the South Pacific in December 1941 and
was at the vanguard of offensive efforts during the course of 1942.
Following the bloody Guadalcanal campaign, the JNAF fought a
largely defensive war in New Guinea and the Solomons against
increasingly powerful Allied forces. Perhaps surprisingly, right
through to the end of 1943 the JNAF offered significant resistance
to the Allies and never ceded air superiority in the vicinity of
its key base of Rabaul. Only in 1944, when units were withdrawn to
the Central Pacific and the Philippines, was the JNAF presence in
the South Pacific finally wound down to just a token force. Never
before have detailed accounts matched up adversaries so closely and
in doing so shine light on key events in Pacific skies so many
years ago.
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