Scratch One Flattop (eBook)

The First Carrier Air Campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea

Robert C. Stern (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
331 Seiten
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-03931-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The essential text on the first carrier air campaign, Scratch One Flattop is a landmark study on an overlooked battle in the first months of the United States' engagement in World War II.

1. This book profiles the first air carrier battle in WWII and the impact this battle had on the ultimate outcome for the war. IUP has traditionally done well with books on the Pacific War in World War II.

2. The author Robert C. Stern is a well-known historian and his past books have been popular.

3. There has been a recent publication through CreateSpace, but this will be the definitive book on the battle.

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A study of the historic World War II naval battle, the first involving aircraft carriers and first in which neither warship was in sight of the other. By the beginning of May 1942, five months after the Pearl Harbor attack, the US Navy was ready to challenge the Japanese moves in the South Pacific. When the Japanese sent troops to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, the Americans sent the carriers Lexington and Yorktown to counter the move, setting the stage for the Battle of the Coral Sea . . . In this book,historian Robert C. Stern analyzes the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first major fleet engagement where the warships were never in sight of each other. Unlike the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Coral Sea has received remarkably little study. Stern covers not only the action of the ships and their air groups but also describes the impact of this pivotal engagement. His analysis looks at the short-term impact as well as the long-term implications, including the installation of inert gas fuel-system purging on all American aircraft carriers and the push to integrate sensor systems with fighter direction to better protect against enemy aircraft. The essential text on the first carrier air campaign, Scratch One Flattop is a landmark study on an overlooked battle in the first months of the United States' engagement in World War II. "e;His research into sources on both sides is exhaustive and he has used Japanese translators where necessary and appropriate to best illuminate materials. His effort has taken years of meticulous scholarship and it shows. . . . Highly recommended."e; Lisle A. Rose, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord

Autor

lt;P>Robert C. Stern has been writing about 20th-century naval history for more than 35 years. Among his books are The US Navy and the War in Europe (2012), Fire from the Sky: Surviving the Kamikaze Threat (2010), Destroyer Battles: Epics of Naval Close Combat (2008) and The Hunter Hunted: Submarine versus Submarine Encounters from World War I to the Present (2007).

Inhalt

Introduction
1. The Reckless Bet
2. Reprisal Raids
3. Setting the Scene
4. Opening Moves—2-6 May 1942
5. Seconds Out—7 May 1942
6. The Main Event—8 May 1942
7. Assessment and Withdrawal—8-11 May 1942
8. Aftermath
Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.3.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Twentieth-Century Battles
• Zusatzinfo: 30 b&w illus.
• Verlagsort: Bloomington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Aircraft • Aircraft Carrier • Battle • Battle of the Coral Sea • Carrier Air Campaign • Carrier battle • Coral Sea • History • Indiana University Press • IUP • IU Press • Midway • naval battle • Pearl Harbor • Rabaul • Robert C. Stern • Scratch One Flattop • Scratch One Flattop: Pacific War in World War II • South Pacific • World War ll • WWII
• ISBN-10: 0-253-03931-2 / 0253039312
• ISBN-13: 978-0-253-03931-6 / 9780253039316