Author: John R. BruningPublisher:
ISBN: 1610607465
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Ship Strike Pacific
Author: John R. BruningPublisher:
ISBN: 1610607465
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Maritime Strikes on the Pacific Coast
Author: Gregory A. HarrisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stevedores
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Impact of the West Coast Maritime Strike, March 16 to April 11, 1962
Author: United States. Maritime AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stevedores
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Battle of Midway
Author: John GrehanPublisher: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1526758350
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands on 7 December 1941, had severely damaged the United States Pacific Fleet but had not destroyed it, for the fleet’s aircraft carrier force had been at sea when the Japanese struck. This meant that, despite the overwhelming success of Japanese military forces across the Pacific, US carrier-based aircraft could still attack Japanese targets. After the Battle of the Coral Sea in early May 1942, in which both sides had lost one carrier, the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, calculated that the US had only two serviceable carriers left. If those remaining carriers could be lured into a battle with the Combined Fleet and destroyed, nothing could stop the Japanese achieving complete control of the South Pacific. It would take the United States many months, even with its massive industrial muscle, to rebuild its carried fleet if it was destroyed, by which time Japan would be able to secure the raw materials needed to keep its war machine functioning and to build all the bases it required across the Pacific, which would enable its aircraft to dominate the entire region. Aware of the sensitivity of the Americans towards Hawaii after the Battle of Pearl Harbor, Yamamoto believed that if he attacked there again, the US commander, Admiral Nimitz would be certain to commit all his strength to its defence. Yamamoto selected the furthest point of the Hawaiian Islands, the Naval Air Station on the Midway Atoll, for his attack, which was beyond the range of most US land-based aircraft. Yamamoto launched his attack on 4 June 1942. But the US had intercepted and deciphered Japanese signals and Nimitz, with three not two aircraft carriers, knew exactly Yamamoto’s plans. Yamamoto had hoped to draw the US carriers into his trap but instead he sailed into an ambush. The four-day battle resulted in the loss of all four Japanese aircraft carriers, the US losing only one. The Japanese were never able to recover from these losses, and it was the Americans who were able to take control of the Pacific. The Battle of Midway, unquestionably, marked the turning point in the war against Japan.
The British Pacific Fleet
Author: David HobbsPublisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1848320485
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
In August 1944 the British Pacific Fleet did not exist. Six months later it was strong enough to launch air attacks on Japanese territory, and by the end of the war it constituted the most powerful force in the history of the Royal Navy, fighting as professional equals alongside the US Navy in the thick of the action. How this was achieved by a nation nearing exhaustion after five years of conflict is a story of epic proportions in which ingenuity, diplomacy and dogged persistence all played a part. As much a political as a technical triumph, the BPF was uniquely complex in its make-up: its C-in-C was responsible to the Admiralty for the general direction of his Fleet; took operational orders from the American Admiral Nimitz; answered to the Government of Australia for the construction and maintenance of a vast base infrastructure, and to other Commonwealth Governments for the ships and men that formed his fully-integrated multi-national fleet. This ground-breaking new work by David Hobbs describes the background, creation and expansion of the BPF from its first tentative strikes, through operations off the coast of Japan to its impact on the immediate post-war period, including the opinions of USN liaison officers attached to the British flagships. The book is the first to demonstrate the real scope and scale of the BPFs impressive achievement.
Impact of the West Coast Maritime Strike, March 16 to April 11, 1962
Author: United States. Maritime AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stevedores
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
USCG Pacific Operations, Districts 11 and 13
Author: The Business Chronicle of the Pacific Northwest
Author: Hawaii and U.S. Pacific Islands Surface Commerce Act of 1975
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Merchant Marine SubcommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Strikes and lockouts
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Impacts of Shipping on Marine Fauna
Author: Christine ErbePublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889660850
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
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