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Titans of the Seas by James H Belote & William M Belote WWII w/ dust jacket
Titans of the Seas by James H Belote & William M Belote
The development and operations of Japanese and American carrier task forces during World War II
Hard Cover w dust jacket
336 pages
Copyright 1975
CONTENTS
Prefaceix
1. Pearl Harbor1
2. Sticks, Wires, and Former Battle Cruisers14
3. American, Japanese, and British Naval Air Power21
4. Sledgehammer at Rabaul 32
5. Riposte in the Marshalls37
6. Darwin, Marcus, New Guinea48
7. Ceylon and Tokyo58
8. The Coral Sea68
9. Midway: The Battle Joined86
10. Midway: Climax and Pursuit100
11. The Eastern Solomons115
12. Santa Cruz131
13. "Then There Was One"144
14. Finale at Guadalcanal153
15. New Georgia and Points North159
16. The New Fast Carriers169
17. "Makee Learn"180
18. Rabaul Interlude189
19. Tarawa and Makin199
20. The Marshalls and Truk210
21. The Carolines and Hollandia224
22. Operation A GO232
23. Operation Forager239
24. Mitscher, Spruance, Ozawa248
25. The Marianas Turkey Shoot259
26. Battle in the Philippine Sea274
27. Attack at Sundown282
28. Landing by Night294
Epilogue301
Sources305
Appendixes323
Index327
Photographs follow page 150
Maps
Battle of the Coral Sea73
Battle of Midway96
Battle of the Eastern Solomons120
Battle of Santa Cruz135
Battle of the Philippine Sea280
DUST JACKET
Titans of the Seas describes the development and operations of the greatest innovation in naval warfare since World War Ithe aircraft carrier task force that extended the range and effectiveness of naval power beyond anything known before.
Basing their narrative on intensive research in official records and on after-action reports of participants, many never before published, the authors trace the development of the carrier and carrier aircraft and naval strategy between the two world wars. They describe the ultimate example of carrier warfarethe surprise attack on Pearl Harborand the subsequent Japanese sweep of the southwest Pacific and Indian Ocean. The book follows the course of the carrier war in the Pacific through the battles of the Coral Sea, Santa Cruz, Eastern Solo-mons, Midway, and the climactic
Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944the battle that virtually destroyed Japanese carrier power and sealed the fate of the war.
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