The Naval Siege of Japan 1945 | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781472840363 | The Naval Siege of Japan 1945 | War Plan Orange Triumphant | Herder

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Beschreibung

The final months of Allied naval bombardments on the Home Islands during World War II have, for whatever reason, frequently been overlooked by historians. Yet the Allies' final naval campaign against Japan involved the largest and arguably most successful wartime naval fleet ever assembled, and was the climax to the greatest naval war in history. Though suffering grievous losses during its early attacks, by July 1945 the United States Third Fleet wielded 1,400 aircraft just off the coast of Japan, while Task Force 37, the British Pacific Fleet's carrier and battleship striking force, was the most powerful single formation ever assembled by the Royal Navy. In the final months of the war the Third Fleet's 20 American and British aircraft carriers would hurl over 10,000 aerial sorties against the Home Islands, whilst another ten Allied battleships would inflict numerous morale-destroying shellings on Japanese coastal cities.
In this illustrated study, historian Brian Lane Herder draws on primary sources and expert analysis to chronicle the full story of the Allies' Navy Siege of Japan from February 1945 to the very last days of World War II.

Über den Autor

Brian Lane Herder graduated with a BA in History from the University of Kansas in 2003, and a Masters of Library Science from Emporia State University in 2009. He is a legislative librarian for the Kansas state government and his historical research interests include the US military, naval warfare, and World War II. He has published various titles with Osprey including NVG 286 US Navy Battleships 1895-1908 and NVG 293 US Navy Gunboats 1885-1945.

Zusammenfassung

The title draws heavily on primary sources (war diaries and action reports), vividly bringing the conflict to life for the reader.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Origins of the Campaign

Chronology
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Forces
Opposing Plans
The Campaign
Aftermath
The Battlefields Today

Select Bibliography
List of Abbreviations
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Genre:	Importe
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781472840363
ISBN-10:	1472840364
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Herder, Brian Lane
Illustrator:	Hwee, Dorothy
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	246 x 182 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	Brian Lane Herder
Erscheinungsdatum:	28.04.2020
Gewicht:	0,313 kg