num_pages: 576
description: An unprecedented account of the monumental Pacific War campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and supremacy and established the foundation for America to become a dominant global superpower Here is the extraordinary story of the most consequential campaign of the Pacific War: the U.S. Fifth Fleets seizure of the Marianas a relentless deployment of overwhelming force on air land and sea that opened the path to total victory over Japan and established a new state of the art in warfare: the first use of the forerunners of todays SEALs; the emergence of massive cross-hemispheric expeditionary operations; the flowering of American naval aviation and carrier power; and the secret training of Marianas-based air crews who would first unleash nuclear fire. From the epic seaborne invasion of Saipan to the stunning aerial battles of the Marianas Turkey Shoot to the grinding combat ashoreand the largest suicide attack of the warto the devastating bombing campaign that culminated with Hiroshima and Nagasaki the Marianas were the fulcrum of the Pacific. Filled with memorable action set pieces and closely observed portraits of the naval air and ground-force warriors and commanders who revolutionized warfare The Fleet at Flood Tide is the broadly encompassing story of the full materialization of America as a world-class military power.
language: English
title: The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
publisher: Bantam