The Early Air War in the Pacific

Ten Months That Changed the Course of World War II

Ralph F. Wetterhahn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

319 Seiten

2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9781476669977 (ISBN)

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During the first 10 months of the war in the Pacific, Japan achieved air supremacy with its carrier and land-based forces. After major setbacks at Midway and at Guadalcanal, the empire's expansion stalled, in part due to flaws in aircraft design, strategy and command. This book offers a fresh analysis of the air war in the Pacific during the early phases of World War II.

During the first 10 months of the war in the Pacific, Japan achieved air supremacy with its carrier and land-based forces. But after major setbacks at Midway and Guadalcanal, the empire's expansion stalled, in part due to flaws in aircraft design, strategy and command.

This book offers a fresh analysis of the air war in the Pacific during the early phases of World War II. Details are included from two expeditions conducted by the author that reveal the location of an American pilot missing in the Philippines since 1942 and clear up a controversial account involving famed Japanese ace Saburo Sakai and U.S. Navy pilot James "Pug" Southerland.

Ralph F. Wetterhahn is a former Air Force and Navy fighter pilot who served three tours during the Vietnam War. He now travels the globe as as an aviation archaeologist in search of missing aircraft/crews and the stories they reveal. He lives in Long Beach, California and writes for Air & Space/Smithsonian.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Warhawk and Nate Down, Mariveles Volcano, Bataan Peninsula, Philippines

2. Admiral Yamamoto’s Grand Scheme

3. Tora! Tora! Tora!

4. The Rising Sun Boils Up Out of the Pacific

5. Little Pearl Harbors: Wake and the Philippines

6. Air Power Versus Sea Power

7. Wake Hangs On

8. American Caesar

9. Chester W. Nimitz

10. Propaganda

11. Victory Disease Spreads to Wake and Asia

12. Malaya and Singapore Fall as the Dutch and British East Indies Begin to Disintegrate

13. The Siege of the Philippines Begins

14. The Fall of Sumatra

15. Java Falls

16. Sortie into the Indian Ocean

17. The Philippines Falls

18. “Eight Seconds Belong to Uncle Sam”

19. Fall from Grace

20. The Rising Sun Slides into Penumbra

21. Guadalcanal Trek

22. Bataan, Déjà Vu and Then Some

Appendix: Aircraft Depictions and Specifications

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	08.01.2018
Zusatzinfo	42 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	422 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-13	9781476669977 / 9781476669977
Zustand	Neuware