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Title

Major fleet-versus-fleet operations in the Pacific War, 1941-1945 / Milan Vego.

Author

Vego, Milan N.

Publication

Newport, Rhode Island : Naval War College Press, 2016.

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Description

xxii, 318 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Naval War College historical monograph series ; no. 22

Uniform Title

U.S. Naval War College historical monograph series no. 22.

Subject

• Coral Sea, Battle of the (1942)
• Leyte Gulf, Battle of (Philippines : 1944)
• Midway, Battle of (1942)
• Philippine Sea, Battle of the (June 19-21, 1944)
• World War (1939-1945)
• 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean
• World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American
• World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, Japanese
• Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942
• Midway, Battle of, 1942
• Philippine Sea, Battle of the, 1944 (June 19-21)
• Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
• Military campaigns
• Military operations, Naval > American
• Military operations, Naval > Japanese
• Pacific Ocean
• Philippines

Note

• "U.S. Government official edtion"--Page ii.
• Shipping list no.: 2016-0380-P.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I. Fleet versus fleet -- The Port Moresby-Solomons operation and allied reaction, 27 April-11 May 1942 -- The Midway-Aleutians operation, 25 May-14 June 1942 -- Part II. Fleet versus fleet/shore -- Japanese A-Go operation (Battle of the Philippine Sea): situation and theater -- Japanese A-Go operation (Battle of the Philippine Sea): planning and preparation -- Japanese A-Go operation (Battle of the Philippine Sea): execution -- Japanese A-Go operation (Battle of the Philippine Sea): conclusions and operational lessons learned.

ISBN

• 9781935352440
• 193535244X

LCCN

^^2016026042

OCLC

951190537

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library