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The Akutan Zero as it appeared when it flew from the Japanese carrier Ryujo to attach Dutch Harbor, Alaska, June 4, 1942. Painting by John Hume.
Author : Jim Rearden
Publisher : Stackpole Classics
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,62 MB
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN :
The Akutan Zero as it appeared when it flew from the Japanese carrier Ryujo to attach Dutch Harbor, Alaska, June 4, 1942. Painting by John Hume.
Author : Jim Rearden
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 35,94 MB
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0882409360
Found upside down in an Alaskan bog in the eighth month of our war with Japan, a Japanese fighter plane was retrieved and soon test flown by U.S. pilots. Knowledge gained from those flights ended the dominance of the Zero in the Pacific
Author : Brian Garfield
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 48,79 MB
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1602231176
The Thousand-Mile War, a powerful story of the battles of the United States and Japan on the bitter rim of the North Pacific, has been acclaimed as one of the great accounts of World War II. Brian Garfield, a novelist and screenwriter whose works have sold some 20 million copies, was searching for a new subject when he came upon the story of this "forgotten war" in Alaska. He found the history of the brave men who had served in the Aleutians so compelling and so little known that he wrote the first full-length history of the Aleutian campaign, and the book remains a favorite among Alaskans. The war in the Aleutians was fought in some of the worst climatic conditions on earth for men, ships, and airplanes. The sea was rough, the islands craggy and unwelcoming, and enemy number one was always the weather--the savage wind, fog, and rain of the Aleutian chain. The fog seemed to reach even into the minds of the military commanders on both sides, as they directed men into situations that so often had tragic results. Frustrating, befuddling, and still the subject of debate, the Aleutian campaign nevertheless marked an important turn of the war in favor of the United States. Now, half a century after the war ended, more of the fog has been lifted. In the updated University of Alaska Press edition, Garfield supplements his original account, which was drawn from statistics, personal interviews, letters, and diaries, with more recently declassified photographs and many more illustrations.
Author :
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,84 MB
Release : 1991
Category :
ISBN : 1428915427
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 43,16 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Military art and science
ISBN :
Author : Jeff Shear
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 26,76 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
The story of the giving away of American aerospace technology to Japan.
Author : Douglas Ford
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 10,93 MB
Release : 2012-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1847252370
A rich and broadranging account of the Asia-Pacific campaigns of WWII.
Author : Leatrice R. Arakaki
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,93 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
ISBN :
Published by Superintendent of Documents, US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9328 for the Pacific Air Forces Office of History, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author : Princeton Review
Publisher : Princeton Review
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 36,67 MB
Release : 2017-08
Category : Advanced placement programs (Education)
ISBN : 1524710040
This new handbook offers proven techniques for scoring higher on the AP Computer Science Exam from "the world's best test-prep company." Includes a detailed outline of topics most likely to appear on the test.
Author : Douglas Ford
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 18,19 MB
Release : 2011-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1612510655
The Elusive Enemy explores the evolution of U.S. intelligence concerning the combat capabilities of the Imperial Japanese Navy and its air arm during the interwar period and the Pacific War. Ford contends that the US Navy could not accurately determine the fighting efficiency of Japan’s forces until it engaged them in actual battle conditions over an extended period. As the conflict progressed, the Americans were able to rely on a growing array of intelligence material, including POWs, captured documents, and specimens of captured enemy weapons. These sources often revealed valuable information on the characteristics of Japanese equipment, as well as some of the ideas and doctrines which governed how they carried out their operations. First-hand observations of the Japanese navy’s performance in battle were the most frequently used source of intelligence which enabled the US Navy to develop a more informed assessment of its opponent. Ship crews, along with US aviators, were tasked to collect information by making a thorough observation of how the Japanese fought. Action reports described how the Imperial fleet demonstrated a number of weaknesses, the most important of which was a shortage of modern equipment and, after 1942, diminished air power. Yet, he demonstrates how the Japanese remained a resilient enemy who could be defeated only when the Americans deployed sufficient equipment and used it in an appropriate manner. The Office of Naval Intelligence, as well as the intelligence services operating in the Pacific theater, thus had to assess a wide array of conflicting characteristics, and provide a balanced evaluation concerning the strengths and weaknesses of the Imperial navy. At the same time, a large part of the intelligence analysis was undertaken by commanders in the Pacific Fleet. Naval personnel and aircrews assessed the information gained through encounters with the enemy so that they could develop a set of methods whereby US forces were able defeat the Japanese without incurring excessive casualties and losses. The intelligence services, in turn, played an important role in disseminating the information on the most efficient tactics and weapons that could be used to defeat the Imperial Fleet. The Elusive Enemy aims to explain how American perceptions concerning the Japanese navy evolved during the conflict, with a particular focus on the role of intelligence. It also seeks to introduce a new perspective on the question as to why the U.S. Navy carried out its campaigns during the Pacific War in the manner that it did.