The Battle Of The Philippine Sea June 1944
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The Battle Of The Philippine Sea June 1944
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Author : W. D. Dickson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The Battle Of The Philippine Sea June 1944 written by W. D. Dickson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Philippine Sea, Battle of the, 1944 (June 19-21) categories.
Red Sun Setting
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Author : William T. Y'Blood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Red Sun Setting written by William T. Y'Blood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Many regard this work as the definitive account of a controversial conflict of the war in the Pacific, the June 1944 battle known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot." Drawing on ten years of research and told from the viewpoint of the fliers and sailors who were on the firing line, William T. Y'Blood leads the reader through every stage of the battle, from the dogfights to the persistent attacks on the Japanese carriers to the frantic efforts of the returning fliers to land on friendly carriers. He takes the battle from the initial planning through the invasion of the Marianas and the recriminations that followed, describing Admiral Spruance's decision to allow U.S. forces to remain on the defensive and giving blow-by-blow details of the action. This intensive study of what many believe to be a major turning point in the Pacific War has remained an important reference since it was first published in 1981.
The Philippine Sea 1944
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Author : Mark Stille
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-09-21
The Philippine Sea 1944 written by Mark Stille and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-21 with History categories.
After suffering devastating losses in the huge naval battles at Midway and the Soloman Islands, the Imperial Japanese navy attempted to counter-attack against the US forces threatening the Home Islands. Involving the US Fifth Fleet and the Japanese Mobile Fleet, the battle of the Philippine Sea took place during the United States' amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War. The two fleets clashed on 19-20 June 1944 and the Japanese carrier fighters were shot down in devastating numbers by US aircraft in what became known as the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”, before US counterattacks and submarine strikes forced the withdrawal of the Japanese fleet. Fully illustrated with stunning specially commissioned artwork, Mark Stille tells the enthralling story of the last, and largest, carrier battle of the Pacific War, the one that saw the end of the Imperial Japanese Navy as a formed fighting force.
The Marianas Turkey Shoot June 19 20 1944
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Author : Barrett Tillman
language : en
Publisher: Specialty Press
Release Date : 1994
The Marianas Turkey Shoot June 19 20 1944 written by Barrett Tillman and has been published by Specialty Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
Renowned aviation historian, Barrett Tillman, has done a concise yet exhaustive job of research of the famed Marianas Turkey Shoot, the greatest air battle of the Pacific war. Because of in depth interviews much of the story is told by participants. These exciting accounts are augmented by Tillman's analysis. This large format book also provides both U.S. Navy and Japanese order of battle down to squadron level for both carrier and shore based aircraft. One map, 47 black and white photos. Six brush profiles of Hellcats, Avengers, Dauntlesses, Zeros, Judys and Vals (all by John Valo) provide a wealth of visual history. Final appendices supply losses and U.S. Navy aerial combat claims for this historic engagement of carrier aircraft. 48 pages, 47 b/w photos, six aircraft profiles, appendices, 8.5x11 inches, softcover.
Clash Of The Carriers
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Author : Barrett Tillman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2006-11-07
Clash Of The Carriers written by Barrett Tillman and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-07 with History categories.
From the national bestselling coauthor of Dragon's Jaw, here is the incredible true story of the most spectacular aircraft carrier battle in history, World War II’s Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. “Superb... the greatest naval air battle of all time finally receives the meticulous and comprehensive treatment it deserves.”—Richard Frank, author of Tower of Skulls In June, 1944, American and Japanese carrier fleets made their way toward one another in the Philippine Sea. Their common objective: the strategically vital Marianas Islands. During two days of brutal combat, the American and Japanese carriers dueled, launching wave after wave of fighters and bombers against one another. By day and night, hundreds of planes filled the skies. When it was over, the men of the American Fifth Fleet had claimed more than four hundred aerial combat victories, and three Japanese carriers lay on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Here is the true account of those great and terrible days—by those who were there, in the thick of the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Drawing upon numerous interviews with American and Japanese veterans as well as official sources, Clash of the Carriers is an unforgettable testimonial to the bravery of those who fought and those who died in a battle that will never be forgotten. “In his inimitable style, naval aviation’s most prolific historian comes through with a much-needed, comprehensive documentary on the greatest aircraft carrier battle of all time.”—Cdr. Alexander Vraciu, USN (Ret) Fighting Squadron 16, 1944
Review Of The Philippine Sea Battle 20 June 1944
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Author : James David Ramage
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944
Review Of The Philippine Sea Battle 20 June 1944 written by James David Ramage and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944 with Philippine Sea, Battle of the, 1944 (June 19-21) categories.
Reminiscence of World War II in the Pacific entitled "A Review of the Philippine Sea Battle, 20 June 1944." Gives a detailed account of the air battle.
The Battle Of Leyte Gulf
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Author : H. P. Willmott
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2005-08-19
The Battle Of Leyte Gulf written by H. P. Willmott and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-19 with History categories.
"The Battle of Leyte Gulf was an extremely unusual battle. It was unusual on five separate counts that are so obvious that they are usually missed. It was unusual in that it was a series of actions, not a single battle. It was unusual as a naval battle in that it was fought over five days; historically, naval battles have seldom spread themselves over more than one or two days. It was unusual in terms of its name. This battle involved a series of related actions subsequently grouped together under the name of just one of these engagements, but in fact none of the actions were fought inside Leyte Gulf.... More importantly, it was unusual in that it was a full-scale fleet action fought after the issue of victory and defeat at sea had been decided, and it was unusual in that it resulted in clear, overwhelming victory and defeat." -- from Chapter One The Battle of Leyte Gulf -- October 22-28, 1944 -- was the greatest naval engagement in history. In fact the battle was four separate actions, none of which were fought in the Gulf itself, and the result was the destruction of Japanese naval power in the Pacific. This book is a detailed and comprehensive account of the fighting from both sides. It provides the context of the battle, most obviously in terms of Japanese calculations and the search for "a fitting place to die" and "the chance to bloom as flowers of death." Using Japanese material never previously noted in western accounts, H.P. Willmott provides new perspectives on the unfolding of the battle and very deliberately seeks to give readers a proper understanding of the importance of this battle for American naval operations in the following month. This careful interrogation of the accounts of "the last fleet action" is a significant contribution to military history.
The Battle For Leyte Gulf Illustrated Edition
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Author : C. Vann Woodward
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2014-08-15
The Battle For Leyte Gulf Illustrated Edition written by C. Vann Woodward and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-15 with History categories.
Includes 6 charts and 20 photos Pulitzer prize winning author C. Vann Woodward recounts the story of the largest naval battle of all time. “The Battle for Leyte Gulf was the greatest naval battle of the Second World War and the largest engagement ever fought on the high seas. It was composed of four separate yet closely interrelated actions, each of which involved forces comparable in size with those engaged in any previous battle of the Pacific War. The four battles, two of them fought simultaneously, were joined in three different bodies of water separated by as much as 500 miles. Yet all four were fought between dawn of one day and dusk of the next, and all were waged in the repulse of a single, huge Japanese operation. “They were guided by a master plan drawn up in Tokyo two months before our landing and known by the code name Sho Plan. It was a bold and complicated plan calling for reckless sacrifice and the use of cleverly conceived diversion. As an afterthought the suicidal Kamikaze campaign was inaugurated in connection with the plan. Altogether the operation was the most desperate attempted by any naval power during the war-and there were moments, several of them in fact, when it seemed to be approaching dangerously near to success. “Unlike the majority of Pacific naval battles that preceded it, the Battle of Leyte Gulf was not limited to an exchange of air strikes between widely separated carrier forces, although it involved action of that kind. It also included surface and subsurface action between virtually all types of fighting craft from motor torpedo boats to battleships, at ranges varying from point-blank to fifteen miles, with weapons ranging from machine guns to great rifles of 18-inch bore, fired “in anger” by the Japanese for the first time in this battle.”
Supremacy At Sea
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Author : Evan Mawdsley
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2024-05-14
Supremacy At Sea written by Evan Mawdsley and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-14 with History categories.
The gripping account of the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier force—and how its Central Pacific campaign in 1944 marked the achievement of American naval supremacy Task Force 58 was World War II’s most powerful battle fleet. Made up in mid-1944 of sixteen aircraft carriers, over a thousand combat aircraft, and an armada of escorts, it was vital to victory over Japan. In this compelling account, Evan Mawdsley charts the 3,500-mile dash of the “Big Blue Fleet” across the Central Pacific in the first six months of 1944, overwhelming enemy opposition and transforming the nature of naval warfare. The Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944 crushed the enemy’s naval air force and secured war-winning air bases in the Mariana Islands. Mawdsley examines the elements of the rapidly assembled force—ships, planes, and 100,000 officers and men—as well as the advanced bases and fleet train that provided such astounding mobility. Task Force 58’s campaign marked the achievement of naval supremacy by the United States, a status it maintains to this day.
Carrier Strike
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Author : Eric Hammel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-11-25
Carrier Strike written by Eric Hammel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-25 with categories.
CARRIER STRIKEThe Battle of the Santa Cruz IslandsOctober 1942The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, a strategic naval action in the bitter Guadalcanal Campaign, was history's fourth carrier-versus-carrier naval battle. Though technically a Japanese victory, the battle proved to be the Empire of Japan's last serious attempt towin the Pacific War by means of an all-out carrier confrontation. Only one other carrierbattle occurred in the Pacific War, in June 1944, in the Philippine Sea. By then, however, the U.S. Navy's Fast Carrier Task Force was operational, and Japan's dwindling fleet ofcarriers was outnumbered and completely outclassed. Though hundreds of Japanesenaval aviators perished in the great Marianas Turkey Shoot of June 19-20, 1944, it wasduring the first four carrier battles-in the six-month period from early May through lateOctober 1942-that the fate of Japan's small, elite naval air arm was sealed. It was atCoral Sea, in May, that Japan's juggernaut across the Pacific was blunted. It was atMidway, in June, that Japan's great carrier fleet was cut down to manageable size. And itwas at Eastern Solomons, in August, and Santa Cruz, in October, that Japan's last bestcarrier air groups were ground to dust. After their technical victory at Santa Cruz, theJapanese withdrew their carriers from the South Pacific-and were never able to usethem again as a strategically decisive weapon. Of the four Japanese aircraft carriers that participated in the Santa Cruz battle, only one survived the war.Following Santa Cruz and the subsequent series of air and surface engagements known as the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the Imperial Navy's Combined Fleet never again attempted a meaningful strategic showdown with the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Though several subsequent surface actions in the Solomons were clearly Japanese victories, their results were short-lived. After November 1942, Japan could not again muster the stayingpower-or the willpower-to wage a strategic war with her navy. Once the veteran carrier air groups had been shredded at Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz, Japanesecarriers ceased to be a strategic weapon.The Santa Cruz clash was deemed a Japanese victory because U.S. naval forces withdrew from the battlefield. That is how victory and defeat are strictly determined. But on the broader, strategic, level, the U.S. Navy won at Santa Cruz-because it was able'to achieve its strategic goal of holding the line and buying time. Japan was unable toachieve her strategic goal of defeating the U.S. Pacific Fleet in a final, decisive, all-ornothing battle. The technical victory cost Japan any serious hope she had of winning thePacific naval war.The "victory" at Santa Cruz cost Japan her last best hope to win the war in the Pacific.Once again, author-historian Eric Hammel brings to the reading public an excitingnarrative filled with the latest information and written in the edge-of-the-seat style thathis readers have enjoyed for nearly two decades, in nearly thirty acclaimed militaryhistory books. As was the case with its companion volume, Carrier Clash, this new book isbased upon American and Japanese battle reports and the recollections of many airmenand seamen who took part.Eric Hammel is the author of forty combat history books.