Ww2 : The Pacific Victory

Excellent Condition Hardcover , 324 pages, B & W illustrations. D/Jacket has shelfwear. Postage €7 in An Post Giftbag can include an extra 4 books PostFree.A gripping account of the U.S. Navy's fast carrier force and its Central Pacific campaign

Task Force 58 was World War II's most powerful battle fleet. Made up of sixteen aircraft carriers, over a thousand combat aircraft, and an armada of escorts, it was vital to victory over Japan.

In this compelling account, Evan Mawdsley charts the 3,500-mile dash of the "Big Blue Fleet" across the Central Pacific in 1944.

After four months of air strikes, the Battle of the Philippine Sea crushed the enemy's carrier air force and secured war-winning air bases in the Mariana Islands. Mawdsley examines the elements of the rapidly assembled force-ships, planes, and 100,000 officers and men-as well as the advanced bases and "fleet train" that provided such astounding mobility.

Task Force 58's campaign marked the realization of maritime supremacy by the United States, and ultimately transformed the nature of naval warfare.