Download or read book Major Fleet-versus-fleet Operations in the Pacific War, 1941-1945 written by Milan N. Vego and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A detailed study of three major naval operations of World War II. These three, initiated by imperial Japan, took place in the Pacific and resulted in the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway/Aleutians, and the Philippine Sea. All the cases provide ample background on the geographic and strategic context of the operations, as well as an account of the unfolding of the action utilizing much primary source material in, especially, American and Japanese archives"--Provided by publisher.