A fascinating exploration of how between February 1 and March 10, 1942, three small US task forces launched several unexpected raids across the Japanese defensive perimeter in the Central and South Pacific. After the devastating Japanese blows of December 1941, the Allies found themselves reeling with defeat everywhere in the Pacific. Although stripped of his battleships and outnumbered 10:3 in carriers, the US Navy commander-in-chief Admiral Ernest J. King decided to hit back at Japan's rapidly expanding Pacific empire immediately, in an effort to keep the Japanese off-balance.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Herder, Brian Lane/Tooby, Adam (Illustr.)
Title
Early Pacific Raids 1942. The American Carriers Strike Back
Details
English text, paperback, many photographs, some colour illustrations, colour maps. 96 pages.
