The Philippine Sea 1944

The Philippine Sea 1944
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 97
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ISBN-10 : 9781472819222
ISBN-13 : 1472819225
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Book Synopsis The Philippine Sea 1944 by : Mark Stille

Download or read book The Philippine Sea 1944 written by Mark Stille and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After suffering devastating losses in the huge naval battles at Midway and the Soloman Islands, the Imperial Japanese navy attempted to counter-attack against the US forces threatening the Home Islands. Involving the US Fifth Fleet and the Japanese Mobile Fleet, the battle of the Philippine Sea took place during the United States' amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War. The two fleets clashed on 19-20 June 1944 and the Japanese carrier fighters were shot down in devastating numbers by US aircraft in what became known as the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”, before US counterattacks and submarine strikes forced the withdrawal of the Japanese fleet. Fully illustrated with stunning specially commissioned artwork, Mark Stille tells the enthralling story of the last, and largest, carrier battle of the Pacific War, the one that saw the end of the Imperial Japanese Navy as a formed fighting force.


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