The Battles Of Coral Sea And Midway 1942
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The Battles Of Coral Sea And Midway 1942
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Author : Myron J. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1991-10-16
The Battles Of Coral Sea And Midway 1942 written by Myron J. Smith and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-10-16 with History categories.
1992 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the great Pacific naval battles in the Coral Sea and off Midway Island. Occuring within a month of each other, these turning Point engagements brought an end to Japan's military expansion and six months of Allied defeat and retreat in the Pacific. Fought mostly over the ocean by airmen flying primarily from aircraft carriers, the battles were marked on both sides by courage and luck, forewarning and foreboding, skill and ineptitude. In this first book-length, partially-annotated bibliography, Smith provides more than 1,300 citations to the growing literature on these major battles. Materials in seven languages are cited as well as information provided on many of the repositories located in the United States or abroad that have holdings necessary for the continuing reinterpretation of the battles. Following an overview and introduction, the volume contains sections devoted to reference works and sites, general histories, hardware, biography, combatants, and special studies, and separate section for both battles. Access is augmented by author and name indexes. This volume will be a required reference guide for all those concerned with the War in the Pacific and modern military studies.
The Battles Of Coral Sea And Midway May June 1942
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Author : Myron J. Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
The Battles Of Coral Sea And Midway May June 1942 written by Myron J. Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942 categories.
Coral Sea Midway And Submarine Actions
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Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Coral Sea Midway And Submarine Actions written by Samuel Eliot Morison and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942 categories.
Coral Sea And Midway
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-11-01
Coral Sea And Midway written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-01 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the battles by some of the generals and participants *Includes a bibliography for further reading The growing buzz of aircraft engines disturbed the Japanese military construction personnel hauling equipment ashore on the beige coral sand of Tulagi island at 8:20 AM on May 4th, 1942. Offshore, the large IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy) minelayer Okinoshima, flagship of Admiral Shima Kiyohide, lay at anchor, along with two destroyers, Kikuzuki and Yutsuki, and transport ships. Six Japanese Mitsubishi F1M2 floatplanes also rested on the gentle, deep blue swell, marking Tulagi's future as an IJN floatplane base. The men on the beach, at inland construction sites, or aboard the Japanese ships, looked up towards the huge white cumulus clouds sailing on the ocean wind. Taken completely by surprise, the Japanese stood and stared as 13 sturdy-looking dive bombers dropped through the cumulus layer at 6,000 feet, plunging towards the IJN ships. As they streaked lower, the white star on a black disc insignia of American aircraft grew visible on the underside of each wing. This was the beginning of the Battle of the Coral Sea, one that even those fighting it could not know would make history. While the battle is not as well known as other battles across the Pacific, it set a precedent by pitting enemy aircraft carriers against each other, a battle in which the rival navies themselves never sighted each other or fired a gun at each other. Instead, the fighting was done with the carriers' aircraft, something that would become more common over time and would result in decisive actions at places like Midway just months later. Furthermore, while it was in a sense a tactical victory for the Japanese, it would end up helping blunt their aggressive push east in the Pacific, making it a crucial strategic victory for the Allies. Although not as well-remembered as D-Day or even the attack at Pearl Harbor that preceded it, the Battle of Midway was one of the most unique and important battles fought during World War II. In fact, the turning point in the Pacific theater took place between June 4-7, 1942 as a Japanese fleet moved a sizable fleet intending to occupy Midway Island and draw the American navy near. Instead, American aircraft flying from three aircraft carriers that had been away from Pearl Harbor in December 1941 got a bearing on the Japanese fleet and sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers, permanently crippling Japan's navy. The Battle of Midway was one of the first major naval battles in history where the enemy fleets never actually saw or came into contact with each other. By the time the Battle of Midway was over, the defeat was so devastating that it was actually kept secret from all but the highest echelons of the Japanese government. Along with the loss of hundreds of aircraft and over 3,000 men killed, the four Japanese aircraft carriers lost, when compared to America's one lost carrier, was critical considering America's huge shipbuilding superiority. However, the Battle of Midway could also have easily turned out differently. Japan began the battle with more carriers, more and better aircraft, and more experienced crews than the Americans, and if the battle of the Coral Sea was any indication, the two sides had irrefutable proof of the dominance of the aircraft carrier in the Pacific. The implications of earlier clashes were now starkly underlined, and the fighting was now clearly about timing. The carrier fleets were incredibly powerful and crucially important, yet at the same time they were hugely vulnerable weapons systems. The protagonists at Midway were putting into practice a newly emerging naval doctrine, one which ultimately meted out a terrible punishment to the side that miscalculated. Carrier versus carrier combat had come of age.
History Of United States Naval Operations In World War Ii
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Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
History Of United States Naval Operations In World War Ii written by Samuel Eliot Morison and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
The Battle Of Midway
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Author : Craig L. Symonds
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-03
The Battle Of Midway written by Craig L. Symonds and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-03 with History categories.
A close-up look at the battle of Midway Island analyzes this crucial naval victory, which marked the turning point for the American fleet in the Pacific theater of World War II.
Turning The Tide
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Turning The Tide written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942 categories.
They Turned The War Around At Coral Sea And Midway
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Author : Stuart D. Ludlum
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2011-12-14
They Turned The War Around At Coral Sea And Midway written by Stuart D. Ludlum and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-14 with History categories.
Merriam Press Military Monograph 308. Go to war with the Yorktown's Air Group Five (VF-3, VF-42, VB-5, VT-5). Very detailed self-told experiences of American Naval Aviation pilots who fought and survived the Marshall, Gilbert, Salamaua, Lae and Tulagi raids, and the Coral Sea and Midway battles in 1942. Sources for this massive work were the pilots themselves, whom the author interviewed after their return to the States during the war, while memories were still fresh. This is an invaluable record of their experiences. Their descriptions of combat will make you feel like you are right there with them in the cockpit. CONTENTS: Publisher's Foreword; Chapter 1: Into the Atlantic; Chapter 2: Low and Slow; Chapter 3: Meet Dave Berry; Chapter 4: Gaining Experience; Chapter 5: Convoy Duty; Chapter 6: Portland Interlude; Chapter 7: Pacific Bound; Chapter 8: Marshall and Gilbert Islands Raid; Chapter 9: Salamaua and Lae; Chapter 10: Patrol and Search; Chapter 11: Tulagi; Chapter 12: Cruise of the Hing Lee; Chapter 13: Coral Sea: 5 and 6 May 1942; Chapter 14: Coral Sea: 7 May 1942; Chapter 15: Coral Sea: 8 May 1942; Chapter 16: He Who Fights and Runs; Chapter 17: Fixin' for a Fight; Chapter 18: Midway: 3 June 1942; Chapter 19: Midway: 4 June 1942; Chapter 20: Midway: 5 and 6 June 1942; Chapter 21: The Fighting Lady; Appendices; Appendix 1: Organization of an Aircraft Carrier; Appendix 2: Ready Room and Flight Deck Operations; Appendix 3: Torpedo Planes Prove Their Worth; Appendix 4: Pilot Rosters; The Author: Stuart D. Ludlum; 65 photos; 1 map; 4 illustrations.
Coral Sea Midway And Submarine Actions
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Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Coral Sea Midway And Submarine Actions written by Samuel Eliot Morison and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with categories.
Combat Narratives Battle Of Midway June 3 6 1942
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Author : U. S. Navy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-12-28
Combat Narratives Battle Of Midway June 3 6 1942 written by U. S. Navy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-28 with categories.
A must read...Official report from the US Navy....FOLLOWING the action in the Coral Sea May 4th-8th, 1942, there was a lull in Japanese operations in the Southwest Pacific. Did it, as was popularly supposed, mean that the enemy had retired for the purpose of reorganizing his forces for an all-out assault on Australia? Or was he preparing to strike in an entirely different direction? During mid-May, United Nations planes delivered two to three times as many blows against enemy bases in the Solomons and New Guinea as Japanese bombers made on Port Moresby and others of our bases. This husbanding of air strength, together with almost complete absence in southern waters of Japanese men-o'-war except for an occasional submarine, seemed to indicate that the enemy had for the time at least abandoned his designs on Australia and was looking for a more vulnerable point of attack. The enemy, moreover, knew that shortly after the Coral Sea fight most of our available carriers were in the South Pacific. Although the Enterprise and Hornet had arrived just too late for the battle, they had undoubtedly been sighted by the enemy. He also knew that the Lexington and Yorktown had been damaged in the fight, even if he was not aware that the former subsequently had been lost. Altogether, this concentration of American naval strength in the South Pacific very probably appealed to the Japanese High Command as offering a most strategic moment for a heavy blow against our positions in the mid-Pacific. From an analysis of all the reports received before, during, and after the Battle of Midway, it is believed that the Japanese gathered together the following forces for participation in this campaign: