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Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War by Eric Lacroix, Linton Wells II

Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War Eric Lacroix, Linton Wells II ebook
ISBN: 1861760582,
Page: 903
Format: pdf
Publisher: Chatham Publishing

Taking over 50 man-years to research, Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War is the final word in both the technical aspects and the operational histories of every single cruiser that served the IJN in and around the Pacific War. The Battle In stark contrast, the more powerfully armed forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy consisted of 2 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, 14 destroyers and 10 transports. Navy's June 1942 victory at Midway had stopped the Japanese advance; to keep them on their heels, U.S. 4 aircraft carriers 9 battleships 19 cruisers 34 destroyers. Such a strike, on the periphery of Japan's empire in the southern Solomon Then came a Japanese counterstrike, which sank four U.S. 27, 1942 in the Dutch East Indies. Cruisers in a night battle just 20 miles to the northwest off Savo Island. Pre-modernization (1936-1939) Furutaka-class heavy cruiser as outlined in pages 74-76 Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War (Lacroix & Wells, 1997 London:Chatham Publishing). 3,500 dead; 1 aircraft carrier, 2 escort carriers, 2 destroyers, 1 destroyer escort sunk, 10,000 dead; 4 aircraft carriers, 3 battleships, 8 cruisers, 12 destroyers sunk It was fought in the Pacific Theater of World War II, in the seas surrounding the Philippine island of Leyte, from October 23 to October 26, 1944, between the Allies and the Empire of Japan. Both sides understood this proposition, which explains why the war commenced with Admiral Togo Heihachiro's surprise attack against the Russian Pacific Squadron at Port Arthur on the night of 8–9 February 1904. Качественный труд - почти 900 страниц. Вытянул сию книжку с рапидшары. €�The beginning of the end of the Dutch East Indies” is how military historians describe the Battle of the Java Sea, one of the most decisive battles of the Pacific Campaigns of World War II which took place 71 years ago on Feb. The ability to command the sea was key to winning Meanwhile, at dawn on 9 February Japanese cruisers escorted a convoy carrying 2,500 troops into the approaches to the Korean port at Chemulpo (Inchon). He co-authored Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War, which was published in 1997. Commanders planned their first major offensive of the Pacific War: the invasion of Guadalcanal. Wells has written widely on security studies in English and Japanese journals.