The Solomons 1943–44 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Solomons 1943–44 write by Mark Stille. This book was released on 2018-08-23. The Solomons 1943–44 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Victory at Guadalcanal for the Allies in February 1943 left them a vital foothold in the Solomon Islands chain, and was the first step in an attempt to isolate and capture the key Japanese base of Rabaul on New Britain. In order to do this they had to advance up the island chain in a combined air, naval, and ground campaign. On the other hand, the Japanese were determined to shore up their defences on the Solomons, which was a vital part of their southern front, and would bitterly contest every inch of the Allied advance. The scene was set for one of the bloodiest campaigns of the Pacific War. Fully illustrated with specially commissioned maps and artwork, this is the compelling story of the struggle for the Solomons, a key part of the Allied advance towards Japan which saw tens of thousands of casualties and so many ships lost that part of the ocean became known as 'Ironbottom Sound'.
The Solomons 1943–44
The Solomons 1943–44 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Solomons 1943–44 write by Mark Stille. This book was released on 2018-08-23. The Solomons 1943–44 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Victory at Guadalcanal for the Allies in February 1943 left them a vital foothold in the Solomon Islands chain, and was the first step in an attempt to isolate and capture the key Japanese base of Rabaul on New Britain. In order to do this they had to advance up the island chain in a combined air, naval, and ground campaign. On the other hand, the Japanese were determined to shore up their defences on the Solomons, which was a vital part of their southern front, and would bitterly contest every inch of the Allied advance. The scene was set for one of the bloodiest campaigns of the Pacific War. Fully illustrated with specially commissioned maps and artwork, this is the compelling story of the struggle for the Solomons, a key part of the Allied advance towards Japan which saw tens of thousands of casualties and so many ships lost that part of the ocean became known as 'Ironbottom Sound'.
The Solomons 1943–44
The Solomons 1943–44 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Solomons 1943–44 write by Mark Stille. This book was released on 2018-08-21. The Solomons 1943–44 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A highly illustrated study of the Solomons campaign in 1943–44 from Guadalcanal, as the US forces advanced through the island chain, to the vital Japanese base at Rabaul.
Pacific Adversaries Volume Four
Pacific Adversaries Volume Four - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pacific Adversaries Volume Four write by Michael Claringbould. This book was released on 2021-04. Pacific Adversaries Volume Four available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This fourth volume of Pacific Adversaries conveys detailed stories of aerial warfare in the Solomons theater, 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 as outlined in most traditional histories. In some cases, this factual approach enables long-standing mysteries to be solved. Further, for each chosen story photographic or other evidence enables accurate depictions of the aircraft involved. Through these chosen snapshots, Pacific Adversaries portrays the South Pacific conflict as accurately as possible. This volume focuses exclusively on confrontations between the Japanese Naval Air Force (JNAF) and Allied air power in the Solomons theatre between 1943 and 1944. Following the bloody 1942 Guadalcanal campaign, the JNAF fought a largely defensive war in the Solomons against gathering 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.
Rabaul 1943–44
Rabaul 1943–44 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rabaul 1943–44 write by Mark Lardas. This book was released on 2018-01-25. Rabaul 1943–44 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies' path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Rabaul, or starve the 100,000-strong garrison out. Instead the US began an innovative, hard-fought two-year air campaign to draw its teeth, and allow them to bypass the island completely. The struggle decided more than the fate of Rabaul. If successful, the Allies would demonstrate a new form of warfare, where air power, with a judicious use of naval and land forces, would eliminate the need to occupy a ground objective in order to control it. As it turned out, the Siege of Rabaul proved to be more just than a successful demonstration of air power – it provided the roadmap for the rest of World War II in the Pacific.
