Scratch One Flattop : The First Carrier Air Campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea /

"By the beginning of May 1942, five months after the Pearl Harbor attack, the US Navy was ready to challenge the Japanese moves in the South Pacific. When the Japanese sent troops to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, the Americans sent the carriers Lexington and Yorktown to counter the move,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stern, Robert Cecil, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Military operations, Naval.
Military operations, Aerial.
Military campaigns.
Aircraft carriers.
Aircraft carriers > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations.
Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942.
Pacific Ocean > Coral Sea.
Pacific Ocean.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Part 1. Winning the unwinnable war (1936-December 1941)
  • Part 2. South to Rabaul (1 January-20 February 1942)
  • 2. Beyond Rabaul (21 February-10 March 1942)
  • 3. Setting the Board (9 March 1942-23 April 1942)
  • 4. Opening moves (23 April-3 May 1942)
  • 5. ". . . disappointing" (4 May 1942)
  • 6. Chasing shadows (5-6 May 1942)
  • 7. Scratch one flattop (7 May 1942)
  • 8. Seconds out (8 May 1942)
  • 9. Mopping up & dispersal (9-27 May 1942)
  • 10. Afterword.

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