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Philippine Sea 1944 Campaign 313 by Mark Stille Last great carrier battle SoftCo
Philippine Sea 1944, The Campaign 313 by Mark Stille
The last great carrier battle
Soft Cover
96 pages
Copyright 2017
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION5
Origins of the campaign. Preliminary operations
CHRONOLOGY9
OPPOSING COMMANDERS11
United States Navy. Imperial Japanese Navy
OPPOSING FLEETS17
The US Navy. The Imperial Japanese Navy. Orders of battle
OPPOSING PLANS41
The American plan. The Japanese plan
THE BATTLE46
Sideshow at Biak. First moves. TF 58 versus the Base Air Force. The Japanese response. Tracking the First Mobile Fleet. Spruance prepares. Spruance's decision. Ozawa's decision The battle is joined. Ozawa attacks. Ozawa's first strike. Ozawa's second strike. Ozawa's third strike Ozawa's fourth strike. Action over Guam. USN Submarines versus the First Mobile Fleet The tally for June 19. The Americans strike back. TF 58 attacks
THE AFTERMATH90
Spruance's performance
BIBLIOGRAPHY94
INDEX 95
ON THE BACK COVER
THE PHILIPPINE SEA 1944
The last great carrier battle
The battle of the Philippine Sea was by far the largest carrier battle ever fought, with 15 fleet and light carriers on the American side and nine on the Japanese side. No other carrier battle of this magnitude will ever be seen again. The US Navy aimed to seize the Mariana Islands to provide air bases for the long-range bombardment of Japan, with the hope of destroying the Japanese fleet in the process. The Imperial Japanese Navy had been rebuilding its carrier force for 20 months in preparation for a decisive battle with the US Navy. The two fleets clashed on June 19-20, 1944 with the Japanese carrier aircraft shot down in devastating numbers by US fighters in what became known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot"
Fully illustrated with stunning specially commissioned artwork, this title tells the enthralling story of the last, and largest, carrier battle of the Pacific War, and the clash that marked the end of the Imperial Japanese Navy's once-dominant carrier force.
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