Title: Major fleet-versus-fleet operations in the Pacific War, 1941-1945
Description: "A detailed study of three major naval operations of World War II. These three, initiated by imperial Japan, took place in the Pacific and resulted in the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway/Aleutians, and the Philippine Sea. All the cases provide ample background on the geographic and strategic context of the operations, as well as an account of the unfolding of the action utilizing much primary source material in, especially, American and Japanese archives"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945, Campaigns, American Naval operations, Japanese Naval operations, Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942, Midway, Battle of, 1942, Philippine Sea, Battle of the, 1944 (June 19-21), Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, pacific ocean, World war, 1939-1945, naval operations, american, World war, 1939-1945, naval operations, japanese
Places: Pacific Ocean