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Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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"In June 1944 the attention of the nation was riveted on events unfolding in France. But in the Pacific, the Battle of Saipan was of extreme strategic importance. This is an account of one of the most dramatic engagements of World War II. The conquest of Saipan and the neighboring island of Tinian was a turning point in the war in the Pacific as it made the American victory against Japan inevitable. Until this battle, the Japanese continued to believe...
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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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"The Battle of Midway, June 4, 1942, is arguably the most famous naval battle in American history. Although there are a number of excellent accounts of the battle, none satisfactorily explain why the Japanese lost, given their overwhelming advantage in firepower. In particular, there has been no satisfactory explanation for the central mystery of the battle: why the Japanese could not get a bomber strike launched against the American carrier force...
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Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"By the beginning of May 1942, five months after the Pearl Harbor attack, the US Navy was ready to challenge the Japanese moves in the South Pacific. When the Japanese sent troops to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, the Americans sent the carriers Lexington and Yorktown to counter the move, setting the stage for the Battle of the Coral Sea. In Scratch One Flattop: The First Carrier Air Campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea, historian Robert...
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