Supremacy at Sea : Task Force 58 and the Central Pacific Victory / Evan Mawdsley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mawdsley, Evan, 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Navy. Task Force 58--History.

United States.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.

Aircraft carriers--United States--History--20th century.

Aircraft carriers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2025.

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Supremacy at Sea".

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PLATES, MAPS, FIGURES, AND TABLES

ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS

MAPS

INTRODUCTION Fourteen Months Earlier

CHAPTER 1 THE ORIGINS OF TASK FORCE 58

CHAPTER 2 FLINTLOCK TF 58 and the Invasion of the Marshalls, January–February 1944

CHAPTER 3 HAILSTONE TF 58 Raids Truk, February 1944

CHAPTER 4 SEVEN-LEAGUE BOOTS TF 58 Raids the Marianas, February 1944

CHAPTER 5 DESECRATE TF 58 Raids Palau, 30–31 March 1944

CHAPTER 6 TF 58 The Final Raids, April and May 1944

CHAPTER 7 APPROACHING THE MARIANAS 1–15 June 1944

CHAPTER 8 TF 58 AND THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA (1) Invasion and Air Battle

CHAPTER 9 TF 58 AND THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA (2) Submarines and the American Air Strike

CHAPTER 10 SUPREMACY AT SEA

Appendix I THE FAST CARRIERS OF TF 58 JANUARY TO JUNE 1944

Appendix II THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OCEAN Japanese Forces and Strategy

ENDNOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780300277555

0300277555

OCLC:

1429614719