Author: Henry V. PoorPublisher: Naval Historical Center
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The Battles of Cape Esperance, 11 October 1942 and Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942
Author: Henry V. PoorPublisher: Naval Historical Center
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The Battles of Cape Esperance, 11 October 1942 and Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942
Author: Henry V. PoorPublisher:
ISBN: 9780160429446
Category : Esperance, Cape (Solomon Islands)
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Battle of Cape Esperance, 11 October 1942
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guadalcanal Island (Solomon Islands), Battle of, 1942-1943
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Battle of Cape Esperance, 11 October 1942 and Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942
Author: Battle of Cape Esperance, 11 October 1942
Author: United States. Office of Naval IntelligencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Combat Narratives. Solomon Islands Campaign: IV-V
Author: United States Navy. Office of Naval IntelligencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cape Esperance, Battle of, 1942
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The Battles of Cape Esperance, 11 October 1942 and Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942
Author: Henry V. PoorPublisher: Naval Historical Center
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Guadalcanal Campaign
Author: Knife's Edge
Author: Robert C. SternPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 168247853X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
While the resounding American victory at Midway in June 1942 blunted Japanese momentum to a great extent, it left the opposing forces precariously balanced, particularly in the South Pacific. In Knife‘s Edge Robert C. Stern provides an account of the Battles of the Eastern Solomons and the Santa Cruz Islands, the two pivotal carrier air battles that followed the initial engagements at the Coral Sea and Midway between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy. Three U.S. aircraft carriers were sunk or badly damaged over the two months following Midway, including USS Enterprise at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Had it not been for the fortuitous arrival of USS Hornet at the end of August, the Americans would have been without an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific until Enterprise returned from repairs on 24 October. At that moment, another major Japanese offensive was afoot, again led by two large carriers, this time supported by another light carrier and a mid-sized merchant-hull conversion. The resulting Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942 was a solid tactical victory for the Japanese, who managed to sink Hornet and once again damage Enterprise. Stern has written a history of the two final early carrier battles fought between the U.S. Navy and Imperial Japan. These pivotal battles, coming after the triumph of the U.S. at Midway, illustrate lessons learned from these earlier battles of the Pacific War. Readers already familiar with the history of World War II at sea should find this account a riveting new look at a chapter of the Pacific War rarely covered until now.
Morning Star, Midnight Sun
Author: Jeffrey CoxPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 147282640X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Following the disastrous Java Sea campaign, the Allies went on the offensive in the Pacific in a desperate attempt to halt the Japanese forces that were rampaging across the region. With the conquest of Australia a very real possibility, the stakes were high. Their target: the Japanese-held Solomon Islands, in particular the southern island of Guadalcanal. Hamstrung by arcane pre-war thinking and a bureaucratic mind-set, the US Navy had to adapt on the fly in order to compete with the mighty Imperial Japanese Navy, whose ingenuity and creativity thus far had fostered the creation of its Pacific empire. Starting with the amphibious assault on Savo Island, the campaign turned into an attritional struggle where the evenly matched foes sought to grind out a victory. Following on from his hugely successful book Rising Sun, Falling Skies, Jeffrey R. Cox tells the gripping story of the first Allied offensive of the Pacific War, as they sought to prevent Japan from cutting off Australia and regaining dominance in the Pacific.