The Philippine Sea 1944: The last great carrier battle

The Philippine Sea 1944: The last great carrier battle (Campaign Book 313)

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 Shootâ€ ?, 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.
Country USA
Manufacturer Osprey Publishing
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-09-21
UnitCount 1
Format Kindle eBook

The Philippine Sea 1944: The last great carrier battle (Campaign Book 313)