Pacific Adversaries: Volume Two: Imperial Japanese Navy vs the Allies: New Guinea and the Solomons 1942-1944...

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Michael Claringbould

Pacific Adversaries

Volume Two: Imperial Japanese Navy vs the Allies: New Guinea and the Solomons 1942-1944

Michael Claringbould

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Avonmore Books
01 March 2020

History; Second World War

"This Volume Two of Pacific Adversaries conveys detailed stories of aerial warfare in the South Pacific, chosen because both Japanese and Allied records can be matched for an accurate accounting. Often the actual outcomes are very different to the exaggerated claims made by both sides upon which many traditional histories have relied to date.

Further, for each of the chosen stories photographic or other evidence enables an accurate depiction of the aircraft involved.

Through these chosen snapshots, Pacific Adversaries will portray the South Pacific conflict as accurately as possible.

This second volume focuses exclusively on confrontations with the Japanese Navy Air Force (JNAF) in New Guinea and the Solomons, known to the Japanese as the ""South Seas"".

The JNAF first appeared in the South Pacific in December 1941 and was at the vanguard of offensive efforts during the course of 1942. Following the bloody Guadalcanal campaign, the JNAF fought a largely defensive war in New Guinea and the Solomons against increasingly powerful Allied forces. Perhaps surprisingly, right through to the end of 1943 the JNAF offered significant resistance to the Allies and never ceded air superiority in the vicinity of its key base of Rabaul. Only in 1944, when units were withdrawn to the Central Pacific and the Philippines, was the JNAF presence in the South Pacific finally wound down to just a token force.

Never before have detailed accounts matched up adversaries so closely and in doing so shine light on key events in Pacific skies so many years ago."

By: Michael Claringbould
Imprint: Avonmore Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 176mm,
ISBN: 9780648665908
ISBN 10: 0648665909
Pages: 108
Publication Date: 01 March 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

About the Author Introduction Chapter 1 First South Pacific Night Fighters Chapter 2 POW Misinformation Chapter 3 The Bold Hudson Chapter 4 Mystery Milne Bay Airman Chapter 5 Returning the Flag Chapter 6 Murakami's Empire Chapter 7 Beheaded in the Jungle Chapter 8 An Expensive Convoy Chapter 9 Lone Betty 355 Downed Chapter 10 Horita's Bad Luck Chapter 11 Revenge over the Bismarck Sea Chapter 12 Survivor's Tale Chapter 13 What Happened to Betty 377? Chapter 14 Bloody Tuesday Chapter 15 Betrayed Sources & Acknowledgements

Raised in Port Moresby, Michael Claringbould is a globally recognised expert on the WWII South Pacific air war and Japanese aviation in particular.

Reviews for Pacific Adversaries: Volume Two: Imperial Japanese Navy vs the Allies: New Guinea and the Solomons 1942-1944

If you enjoy the detailed historical evidence presented in the form of a well written murder mystery you should read this book and marvel that such detail could be found in the diaries and combat records of the opposing air forces. -- j-aircraft.org It is a different way to tell a story and one that I found quite enjoyable. I know you will as well. This book is highly recommended. -- ModelingMadness.Com