A fascinating exploration of how between February 1 and March 10, 1942, three small US task forces launched several unexpected raids across the Japanese defensive perimeter in the Central and South Pacific.
After the devastating Japanese blows of December 1941, the Allies found themselves reeling with defeat everywhere in the Pacific. Although stripped of his battleships and outnumbered 10:3 in carriers, the US Navy commander-in-chief Admiral Ernest J. King decided to hit back at Japan's rapidly expanding Pacific empire immediately, in an effort to keep the Japanese off-balance.
On February 1, 1942, Vice Admiral Bill Halsey led the US Pacific Fleet carriers on their first raid, using high-speed hit-and-run tactics to strike at the Japanese, at a time when most of the Japanese carrier fleet was in the Indian Ocean. Halsey's aggressive commitment inspired its American participants to invent the mythical “Haul Ass With Halsey” club. The last of the 1942 US carrier raids in March 1942 would form a defining moment in the Pacific War, prior to a new phase of high-seas battles between the opposing fleets.
This superbly illustrated book documents for the first time in a single volume this little-known but important World War II naval campaign. The fabulous illustrations, including maps and colour artworks, bring to life the US air and naval raids on the Japanese bases in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands, Rabaul, Wake Island, Marcus Island, and Lae and Salamaua in northern New Guinea.
A fascinating exploration of how between February 1 and March 10, 1942, three small US task forces launched several unexpected raids across the Japanese defensive perimeter in the Central and South Pacific.Arvustused
An enjoyable read that covers a lot of action. -- Neil Smith * Wargames Illustrated * ably discusses the challenges confronting the US Navy at the outset of the Pacific War * The Naval Review *
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A fascinating exploration of how between February 1 and March 10, 1942, three small US task forces launched several unexpected raids across the Japanese defensive perimeter in the Central and South Pacific.
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Pearl Harbor and aftermath, December 7--10, 1941 |
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Failed Wake Island relief, December 14--23 |
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Yamamoto's Submarine Offensive against Hawaii and the US West Coast, December 1941 |
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Reforming the US Pacific Fleet 1941-42 |
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Reinforcing the Central and South Pacific |
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Marshalls--Gilberts raids orders of battle, February 1, 1942 |
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Commander Michimune Inaba's I-6 torpedoes Saratoga, January 11, 1942 |
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US Pacific Fleet carrier plans, January 1942 |
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Operation R: the Japanese invasion of Rabaul and Kavieng, January 20--23, 1942 |
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Brown's aborted Task Force 11 raid against Wake, January 23, 1942 |
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Halsey and Fletcher raid the Marshalls and Gilberts, February 1, 1942 |
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US Pacific Fleet strategy, February 1942 |
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Japanese carrier actions, February 1--19, 1942 |
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Action off Bougainville, February 20, 1942 |
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Halsey's Task Force 16 raids Wake Island, February 24, 1942 |
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Halsey strikes Marcus Island, March 4, 1942 |
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Shokaku and Zuikaku redeploy to defend the Home Islands |
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The Japanese invasion of Lae and Salamaua, March 8, 1942 |
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Brown and Fletcher strike Lae and Salamaua, March 10, 1942 |
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Acronyms And Abbreviations |
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| Select Bibliography |
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Brian Lane Herder graduated with a BA in History from the University of Kansas in 2003, and a Masters of Library Science from Emporia State University in 2009. He is a legislative librarian for the Kansas state government and his historical research interests include the US military, naval warfare, and World War II.
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