Combat Command: The American Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific War
Frederick C. Sherman
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) The Stage is Set -- 2.) Pearl Harbor -- 3.) Defeat, Retreat and Frustration -- 4.) Molding the Team -- 5.) The Battle of the Coral Sea -- 6.) The Battle of Midway -- 7.) Stalemate -- 8.) Limited Offensive for Guadalcanal -- 9.) The Tide Turns: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville -- 10.) The Rising Tide -- 11.) The Gilberts and Marshalls -- 12.) Seven League Boots: The First Battle of the Phillipine Sea - Saipan, Tinian, Guam -- 13.) The Palaus -- 14.) Sweeping the Seas: The Carriers Close in -- 15.) Leyte and the Battle for Leyte Gulf -- 16.) Masters of the Pacific -- 17.) Iwo Jima -- 18.) Okinawa and the Fleet that Came to Stay -- 19.) Bombing Japan -- 20.) The Surrender at Tokyo -- 21.) Conclusions and Lessons -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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Year:
1982
Edition:
First Printing
Publisher:
Bantam Books
Language:
english
Pages:
377
ISBN 10:
0553229176
ISBN 13:
9780553229172
Series:
Bantam War Book
File:
PDF, 47.26 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1982