Description: Further DetailsTitle: Japanese Combined Fleet 1942–43Condition: NewSubtitle: Guadalcanal to the Solomons CampaignISBN-10: 1472860497EAN: 9781472860491ISBN: 9781472860491Publisher: Osprey PublishingFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/26/2024Description: A superbly illustrated account of the Japanese Navy during the fierce battles of Guadalcanal and the Solomons, explaining how and why it fought as it did.Contrary to myth, the Imperial Japanese Navy was not a shattered force after its defeat at Midway. In this book, Pacific War expert Mark Stille examines the IJN’s Combined Fleet during the Guadalcanal and Solomons campaigns, when it was reorganized and was forced to fight a grinding battle of attrition against the US Navy.The early surface battles in the Guadalcanal campaign played into the strength of the Combined Fleet, which had long trained for night combat. The IJN’s rebuilt carrier force also performed well and managed to score its most clearcut victory against the USN’s carriers of the entire war, at the battle of Santa Cruz, but the overall Guadalcanal campaign ended in disaster. The result was that the IJN was unwilling to engage in a major struggle for the Central and Northern Solomons, instead using only its destroyer force and land-based air power to fight a delaying action. However, this was costly and weakened the Combined Fleet for the rest of the war.Using the most recent sources and illustrated with superb artwork, 3D diagrams and maps, the book is the first attempt to focus on how the Combined Fleet fought these campaigns, and, most importantly, how their results affected the rest of the war.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 248mmItem Length: 184mmAuthor: Mark StilleIllustrator: Jim LaurierContributor: Jim Laurier (Illustrated by)Genre: Law & PoliticsTopic: Military History, HistoryBook Series: FleetRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Japanese Combined Fleet 1942–43
Title: Japanese Combined Fleet 1942–43
Subtitle: Guadalcanal to the Solomons Campaign
ISBN-10: 1472860497
EAN: 9781472860491
ISBN: 9781472860491
Release Date: 09/26/2024
Release Year: 2024
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Contributor: Jim Laurier (Illustrated by)
Series: Fleet
Book Title: Japanese Combined Fleet 1942-43 : Guadalcanal to the Solomons Campaign
Number of Pages: 80 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.2 in
Topic: Military / Naval, Asia / Japan, World
Publication Year: 2024
Illustrator: Laurier, Jim, Yes
Genre: History
Item Weight: 8.8 Oz
Author: Mark Stille
Item Length: 1.8 in
Book Series: Fleet Ser.
Item Width: 1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
