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The early air war in the Pacific : ten months that changed the course of World War II /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wetterhahn, Ralph, 1942- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Philippines.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Warhawk and Nate Down, Mariveles volcano, Bataan Peninsula, Philippines
  • Admiral Yamamoto's grand scheme
  • Tora Tora Tora!
  • The Rising sun boils up out of the Pacific
  • Little Pearl harbors: Wake and the Philippines
  • Air Power versus sea Power
  • Wake hangs on
  • American Caesar
  • Chester W. Nimitz
  • Propaganda
  • victory Disease spreads to Wake and Asia
  • Malaya and Singapore Fall as the Dutch and British East indies begin to Disintegrate
  • The siege of the Philippines begins
  • The Fall of Sumatra
  • Java Falls
  • sortie into the Indian Ocean
  • The Philippines Falls
  • "Eight seconds belong to Uncle Sam"
  • Fall from grace
  • The Rising sun slides into Penumbra
  • Guadalcanal Trek
  • Return to Bataan.