The Philippine Sea 1944
The Last Great Carrier Battle
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…
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Weitere Autoren: Laurier, Jim (Illustrator) (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4728-1920-8
- EAN: 9781472819208
- Produktnummer: 22126667
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 96 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B18.4 cm x D0.8 cm 308 g
- Abbildungen: 0 b/w; 0 col
- Gewicht: 308
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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Mark Stille, illustrated by Jim Laurier
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