Lavishly illustrated, this book studies the role of airpower in the New Guinea battles of 1942â 43, as the Allies checked and halted Japan's last significant offensives.
Lavishly illustrated, this book studies the role of airpower in the New Guinea battles of 1942â 43, as the Allies checked and halted Japan's last significant offensives.
Mark Stille is the author of numerous Osprey titles focusing on naval history in the Pacific. He recently concluded a nearly 40-year career in the intelligence community, including tours on the faculty of the Naval War College, on the Joint Staff and on US Navy ships. He received his BA in History from the University of Maryland and also holds an MA from the Naval War College.
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHRONOLOGY ATTACKER'S CAPABILITIES - Commanders - The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force - IJNAF aircraft - The Imperial Japanese Army Air Force - Japanese air facilities DEFENDER'S CAPABILITIES - Command organization and leadership - Allied aircraft - Allied air facilities CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES - Japanese plans and objectives - Operation Re - Allied plans and objectives THE CAMPAIGN - Punch-counterpunch - New Guinea and New Britain - Japan's foothold in New Guinea - Lae and Salamaua - Upping the ante - Allied fighters appear - The Japanese invasion of Buna - Milne Bay - Japan's first defeat on the ground - Allied airpower asserts itself - Kokoda and Buna - Allied transports save Wau - Prelude to the Battle of the Bismarck Sea - The destruction of the March Lae convoy - Operation I-Go ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION -An evaluation of Japanese airpower -An evaluation of Allied airpower BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHRONOLOGY ATTACKER'S CAPABILITIES - Commanders - The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force - IJNAF aircraft - The Imperial Japanese Army Air Force - Japanese air facilities DEFENDER'S CAPABILITIES - Command organization and leadership - Allied aircraft - Allied air facilities CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES - Japanese plans and objectives - Operation Re - Allied plans and objectives THE CAMPAIGN - Punch-counterpunch - New Guinea and New Britain - Japan's foothold in New Guinea - Lae and Salamaua - Upping the ante - Allied fighters appear - The Japanese invasion of Buna - Milne Bay - Japan's first defeat on the ground - Allied airpower asserts itself - Kokoda and Buna - Allied transports save Wau - Prelude to the Battle of the Bismarck Sea - The destruction of the March Lae convoy - Operation I-Go ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION -An evaluation of Japanese airpower -An evaluation of Allied airpower BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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