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Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War by Eric Lacroix, Linton Wells II

Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War Eric Lacroix, Linton Wells II ebook
Publisher: Chatham Publishing
Page: 903
Format: pdf
ISBN: 1861760582,

Dull, Paul S., A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945), Naval Institute Press, 1978. Commanders planned their first major offensive of the Pacific War: the invasion of Guadalcanal. Such a strike, on the periphery of Japan's empire in the southern Solomon Then came a Japanese counterstrike, which sank four U.S. To capitulate in the Pacific War and thus ensure Japanese dominance in the Pacific. If the Pacific Fleet could be annihilated, the Japanese could then pick off the new arrivals one at a time and get on with their plans to control the resources of the western Pacific. After weeks of unimaginable effort, the team could describe the composition of the Japanese force: more than 200 ships including 8 carriers, 11 battleships, 22 cruisers, 65 destroyers, 21 submarines, and approximately 700 aircraft, along with transports carrying some 5000 troops. Pearl Harbor, October, 1941, showing tank farms, the submarine base, the ship yard, and a number of cruisers and destroyers moored north of Ford Island. Navy's June 1942 victory at Midway had stopped the Japanese advance; to keep them on their heels, U.S. Cruisers in a night battle just 20 miles to the northwest off Savo Island. The Japanese hoped that another demoralizing defeat would force the U.S. Do you think the japanese army was ready for a war against United states ? While all were of strategic importance, all were left essentially “Fuchida always believed that the Japanese navy made four major mistakes in rapid succession in the early days and weeks of the Pacific war: not finishing the job at Pearl Harbor [on Dec. The US production of carriers, cruisers, and destroyers also totally outstripped (and outclassed, by the beginning of the end) Japanese production. The map has a nice waving Japanese flag effect for the appropriate areas of the ocean, but it doesn't really have any outstanding detail for the land areas. The one thing that War Plan Pacific has going for it is the War Plan Pacific features “light ” and “heavy” versions of carriers, battleships, and cruisers (sorry, no destroyers), in addition to assault craft for invasions and convoys to grow newly captured bases. How do you explain the japanese military defeats between 1942 and 1945 ? Lacroix, Eric and Linton, Wells II, Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War, Naval Institute Press, 1997. Pre-modernization (1936-1939) Furutaka-class heavy cruiser as outlined in pages 74-76 Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War (Lacroix & Wells, 1997 London:Chatham Publishing). Taking over 50 man-years to research, Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War is the final word in both the technical aspects and the operational histories of every single cruiser that served the IJN in and around the Pacific War.