Pacific crucible : war at sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 / Ian W. Toll.

Author: Toll, Ian W.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:New York : W.W. Norton, c2012.

Descriptionxxxvi, 597 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Note:First volume of Toll's Pacific War trilogy.

Note:The Pacific, 1942 -- Mahan's worst-case scenario -- Sinking the HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse: December 10, 1941 -- Principal ports and naval bases of Japan -- Wake Atoll: December 11, 1941 -- U.S-Australian lifeline, 1942 -- Halsey's raid in the Marshalls: February 1, 1942 -- Japanese advance in the East Indies: January-February 1942 -- The Doolittle raid: April 18, 1942 -- Operation MO: Japanese plan to take Port Moresby -- Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1-4, 1942 -- Battle of the Coral Sea, May 7-8, 1942 -- Japanese naval forces advance on Midway and Aleutians, May 24-June 3, 1942 -- Enterprise and Yorktown dive-bombers ambush Kido Butai: June 4, 1942 -- Carrier task forces: track charts, June 4, 1942.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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