Early pacific raids 1942 : the American carriers strike back /: the American carriers strike back. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brian Lane Herder ; illustrated by Adam Tooby.
• Authors: Herder, Brian Lane, 1981-
• Other Names: Tooby, Adam illustrator.
• Contents: ORIGINS OF THE CAMPAIGNPearl Harbor and aftermath, December 7–10, 1941Failed Wake Island relief, December 14–23Yamamoto's Submarine Offensive against Hawaii and the US West Coast, December 1941Reforming the US Pacific Fleet 1941–42Reinforcing the Central and South PacificCHRONOLOGYOPPOSING COMMANDERSJapaneseUnited StatesOPPOSING FORCESJapaneseUnited StatesMarshalls–Gilberts raid orders of battle, February 1, 1942OPPOSING PLANSJapaneseUnited StatesTHE CAMPAIGNCommander Michimune Inaba's I-6 torpedoes Saratoga, January 11, 1942US Pacific Fleet carrier plans, January 1942Operation R: the Japanese invasion of Rabaul and Kavieng, January 20–23, 1942Brown's aborted Task Force 11 raid against Wake, January 23, 1942Halsey and Fletcher raid the Marshalls and Gilberts, February 1, 1942US Pacific Fleet strategy, February 1942Japanese carrier actions, February 1–19, 1942Action off Bougainville, February 20, 1942Halsey's Task Force 16 raids Wake Island, February 24, 1942Halsey strikes Marcus Island, March 4, 1942Shokaku and Zuikaku redeploy to defend the Home IslandsThe Japanese invasion of Lae and Salamaua, March 8, 1942Brown and Fletcher strike Lae and Salamaua, March 10, 1942AFTERMATHTHE BATTLEFIELDS TODAYSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Osprey Publishing
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (96 pages), illustrations (colour), maps (colour)
• Subjects: 940.5426; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American; History -- World War, 1939-1945
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472854889; 9781472854896
• Related ISBNs: 9781472854872
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