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The British Pacific Fleet
The Royal Navy's Most Powerful Strike Force
In August 1944 the British Pacific Fleet did not exist. Six months later it was strong enough to launch air attacks on Japanese territory, and by the end of the war it constituted the most powerful force in the history of the Royal Navy, fighting as professional equals alongside the U.S. Navy. How this was achieved by a nation nearing ...
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Japanese Destroyer Captain
"Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway--The Great Naval Battles as Seen Through Japanese Eyes"
This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its insights into the Japanese side of the surface war in the Pacific. The author was a survivor of more than one hundred sorties against the Allies and was known throughout Japan as ...
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