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Mark Stille

The Philippine Sea 1944

The last great carrier battle

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After suffering devastating losses in the huge naval battles at Midway and the Soloman Islands, the Imperial Japanese navy attempted to counter-attack against the US forces threatening the Home Islands. Involving the US Fifth Fleet and the Japanese Mobile Fleet, the battle of the Philippine Sea took place during the United States' amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War.The two fleets clashed on 19-20 June 1944 and the Japanese carrier fighters were shot down in devastating numbers by US aircraft in what became known as the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot, before US counterattacks and submarine strikes forced the withdra… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Laurier, Jim (Illustr.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-4728-1922-2
  • EAN: 9781472819222
  • Produktnummer: 23980867
  • Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 96 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 16'962 KB
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage
  • Abbildungen: 0 b/w; 0 col

Über den Autor


Mark Stille (Commander, United States Navy, retired) received his BA in History from the University of Maryland and also holds an MA from the Naval War College. He recently concluded a nearly 40-year career in the intelligence community including tours on the faculty of the Naval War College, on the Joint Staff and on US Navy ships. He is the author of numerous Osprey titles focusing on naval history in the Pacific.

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