Brian Lane Herder

East China Sea 1945

Climax of the Kamikaze
Illustrator: Tooby, Adam

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study describes the air-sea offensive supporting the ground-force invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in February and April 1945, which led to the sinking of the Yamato and the onslaught of the Japanese kamikaze. The island invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa were the last two major ground campaigns to be initiated during the Pacific War. This superbly illustrated volume explores the air-sea aspects of these pivotal battles. Among the events covered are the 'death ride' of the Japanese battleship Yamato (the largest ever built), and the mass kamikaze attacks off Iwo Jima and Okinawa, as well as the amphibious invasions themselves, including the air-sea bombardment of the two islands. By early 1945, the US Navy had reached an exceptional level of coordination in its amphibious operations and was able to overrun and subdue Japanese territories efficiently. Faced with the increasing might of these forces and to prevent further defeat, Japan deployed its squadron of kamikaze and attacked many US heavy aircraft carriers and destroyers; several were sunk, while others were knocked out of the war. The book explores the devastating impact they had and considers the contribution of the USAAF and the British Pacific Fleet to the eventual victory of US air and ground forces.

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Produktdetails

• Campaign
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 181mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 310g
• ISBN-13: 9781472848468
• ISBN-10: 1472848462
• Artikelnr.: 61264192

Autorenporträt

Brian Lane Herder

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION The strategic setting Origins of the campaign CHRONOLOGY OPPOSING COMMANDERS Japanese Allied OPPOSING FORCES Japanese Allied Operation Iceberg orders of battle
April 1
1945 OPPOSING PLANS Japanese Allied THE CAMPAIGN Commencing Detachment
February 16-20
1945 Kamikaze attacks against Fifth Fleet
February 21 Winning Iwo Jima
February 24-March 26 Iceberg preliminaries
March 1945 L-Day at Okinawa
April 1 The Great Onslaught: Kikisui No. 1
April 6-7 Ten-Ichi-Go: Yamato's death ride
April 6-7 Kikisui No. 2
April 12-13 Kikisui No. 3
April 16 Kikisui No. 4
April 27-28 Kikisui No. 5
May 3-4 Kikisui No. 6
May 10-11 Kyushu diversion
May 13-14 Air and naval gunfire support of Tenth Army Kikisui No. 7
May 23-25 Kikisui No. 8
May 27-29 Okinawa secured
June-July 1945 AFTERMATH THE WARSHIPS TODAY FURTHER READING ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS INDEX