Rise of the Aircraft Carrier : Pacific Naval Strategy 1941-1945.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bergeron, James.

Contributor:

Payling, William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aircraft carriers--History.

Aircraft carriers.

Naval strategy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Rise of the Aircraft Carrier

Place of Publication:

Dartmouth : Britannia Museum Trust Press, 2021.

Summary:

A naval account of the unmatched US industrial capacity, design and construction of large numbers of highly capable carriers, their escorts and new naval aircraft between 1941 and 1945. How the USN swiftly outstripped the IJN in numbers and capability.

Contents:

Chester William Nimitz, Sr.

Isoroku Yamamoto

Foreword James Bergeron

The Pacific Theatre of World War Two

Strategic Thinking, the Aircraft Carrier and Intelligence

USN Aircraft Carriers

USN Carrier Aircraft

IJN Aircraft Carriers

IJN Battleships and Hybrid Cruisers

IJN Carrier Aircraft

British Pacific Fleet

Pre-War Situation

The Japanese Advance

Japanese attempts at Consolidation

The Allies Seize the Initiative

Appendix A - Japanese Navy

Sources

Strategy of the Allied Advance

Northern Solomons. The New Georgia Campaign

Northern Solomons. The Bougainville Campaign

Operations for Control of the Bismarcks

The Central Pacific Campaign48

The Northern Pacific Campaign

Completion of the Campaign in New Guinea

Conquest of the Marianas

Operations in the Western Carolines and Moluccas

Reconquest of the Philippine Islands

Assault on the Inner Defences of Japan

The Last Phase

Appendix A Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781838010751

1838010750

OCLC:

1347028614