THE GREAT NAVAL AND CARRIER BATTLES OF THE PACIFIC WAR
THE GREAT NAVAL AND CARRIER BATTLES OF THE PACIFIC WAR

THE GREAT NAVAL AND CARRIER BATTLES OF THE PACIFIC WAR

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From the fighting in the Slot to the great carrier battles, from the Japanese naval air attack on Hawaii on December 7, 1941, to the destruction of the heavy cruiser Haguro by the British 26th Destroyer Flotilla in the Strait of Malacca on May 16, 1945, the Pacific War is a complex sequence of more or less well-known battles that punctuate a 44-month conflict.


 

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With this new work by Pascal Colombier, the author of La classe Yamato published in 2017, éditions Caraktère offers the newcomer and the specialist alike an opportunity to revisit all of the main naval and carrier battles of the Pacific War and to understand their causes, consequences and the developments that shaped them. The thirty engagements are treated in chronological order and are all accompanied by maps and photographs.

The essential work for understanding the full scope of naval warfare in the Asia-Pacific!

Author 1
Pascal Colombier
Publication date
November 21, 2019
Pages
176
Illustrations
Approx. 200
Cover
Hardcover
Language
French
Publisher
Editions Caraktère
EAN
9782916403236

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