Description: Japanese Combined Fleet 1942-43: Guadalcanal to the Solomons Campaign Features80 pagesIllustrated throughout with 35 archive photos and 13 pages of original colour illustrationsSoftcoverBook dimensions are 10 by 7A superbly illustrated account of the Japanese Navy during the fierce battles of Guadalcanal and the Solomons explaining how and why it fought as it did. Contrary to myth the Imperial Japanese Navy was not a shattered force after its defeat at Midway. In this book Pacific War expert Mark Stille examines the IJN's Combined Fleet during the Guadalcanal and Solomons campaigns when it was reorganized and was forced to fight a grinding battle of attrition against the US Navy. The early surface battles in the Guadalcanal campaign played into the strength of the Combined Fleet which had long trained for night combat. The IJN's rebuilt carrier force also performed well and managed to score its most clearcut victory against the USN's carriers of the entire war at the battle of Santa Cruz but the overall Guadalcanal campaign ended in disaster. The result was that the IJN was unwilling to engage in a major struggle for the Central and Northern Solomons instead using only its destroyer force and land-based air power to fight a delaying action. However this was costly and weakened the Combined Fleet for the rest of the war. Using the most recent sources and illustrated with superb artwork 3D diagrams and maps the book is the first attempt to focus on how the Combined Fleet fought these campaigns and most importantly how their results affected the rest of the war.
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Brand: Osprey Publishing
Features: Scale:, Military Branch:, Conflict: World War II
SKU: MAC29655
MPN: 9781472860491
