Truk 1944–45: The Destruction Of Japan&Apos S Central Pacific Bastion Mark Lardas Osprey Publishing Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

A Fully Illustrated History Of How The Us Navy Destroyed Truk Greatest Japanese Naval And Air Base In Pacific With Operation Hailstone B-29 Units Carriers British Fleet Kept Suppressed Until Vj-Day Early 1944 Island Was Pearl Harbor Powerful That Needed To Be Neutralized Before Allies Could Fight Their Way Any Further Towards Tokyo But Also Most Heavily Defended Outside Home Islands An Allied Invasion Would Costly Long-Range Bombing Against Intact Massacre So Plan Conceived Neutralize It Through Series Massive Raids Led By Growing Carrier One Famous Operations Ever Undertaken American This Book Examines Rise Fall As Bastion Explains Two Huge Carrier-Based Aircraft Reduced Irrelevance Covered Is Little-Known Story Usaaf Used Ravaged Live-Fire Training Ground For Its New B-29S -- Whose Ensured Not Reactivated Pressure On Up Right 1945 When Target 509Th Composite Squadron Practise Dropping Atomic Bombs Hone Pilots’ Combat Skills Prior Japan Σελίδες: 96 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0301 Διαστάσεις: 18 4X18 4Cm