Major Fleet-Versus-Fleet Operations in the Pacific War, 1941-1945

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Title:

Major Fleet-Versus-Fleet Operations in the Pacific War, 1941-1945

Author:

Vego, Milan N., author.

Personal Author:

Vego, Milan N., author.

Edition:

Second edition.

Publication Information:

Newport, Rhode Island : Naval War College Press, 2016.

Physical Description:

xxii, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Series:

Naval War College historical monograph series ; no. 22

U.S. Naval War College historical monograph series ; no. 22.

Language:

English

Contents:

Part I. Fleet versus fleet -- The Port Moresby-Solomons operation and allied reaction, 27 April-11 May 1942 -- The Midway-Aleutians operation, 25 May-14 June 1942 -- Part II. Fleet versus fleet/shore -- Japanese A-Go operation (Battle of the Philippine Sea): situation and theater -- Japanese A-Go operation (Battle of the Philippine Sea): planning and preparation -- Japanese A-Go operation (Battle of the Philippine Sea): execution -- Japanese A-Go operation (Battle of the Philippine Sea): conclusions and operational lessons learned.

Conference Subject:

Coral Sea, Battle of the (1942) (OCoLC)fst00878829

Leyte Gulf, Battle of (Philippines : 1944) (OCoLC)fst00997045

Midway, Battle of (1942) (OCoLC)fst01020611

Philippine Sea, Battle of the (June 19-21, 1944) (OCoLC)fst01060612

World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924

Subject Term:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese.

Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942.

Midway, Battle of, 1942.