CARRIER OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II
Written by J.D. Brown, David Hobbs
Published by Seaforth Publishing
in 2009
ISBN: 9781848320420
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AIRCRAFT CARRIER
- AIR FORCE
- NAVY
- WORLD WAR II
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AIRCRAFT
CARRIER OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II
Written by J.D. Brown, David Hobbs.
Stock no. 1829695
1st.
2009.
Hardback.
Large format.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The culmination of a life's work by one of the great historians of naval aviation, containing material from two volumes, first published in 1968 and 1974, merged with the draft for a third which the author prepared but never published before his death. Edited by David Hobbs. Large format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848320420. A lovely copy!
Front cover
Contents
- Editor's foreword
- Introduction
- Abbreviations
- Volume One:
- The Royal Navy, September 1939 - September 1945
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Atlantic and Arctic
- 2 The Mediterranean Fleet
- 3 Force H and Operations in the Western Mediterranean and Aegean
- 4 The Indian Ocean
- 5 The British Pacific Fleet
- Volume Two:
- The Pacific Navies, December 1941 - February 1943
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: the Pacific War to February 1943
- 1 First Strike: Pearl Harbor
- 2 The Philippines and East Indies Campaign
- 3 The First Parries
- 4 'Watchtower' - Guadalcanal
- Volume Three:
- The Pacific Navies, February 1943 - September 1945
- Introduction: The Pacific War after 1943
- 1 The Coming of the Fast Carrier Task Force
- 2 The Central Pacific and the Solomons
- 3 The 'Leap-frog' Strategy
- 4 The Philippines
- 5 Closing in on Japan
- Volume One Appendices
- Volume Two Appendices
- Index