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Pacific Adversaries: Japanese Army Air Force vs The Allies: Volume 1 - New Guinea 1942-1944
This volume 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 portrays the South Pacific conflict as accurately as possible. This first volume describes confrontations between the Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF) and the Allies in New Guinea and the Solomons.

JAAF units first arrived in the South Pacific in December 1942 and effectively ceased operations in mainland New Guinea in April 1944. Theirs is a rich and colorful history about which many myths persist. Perhaps the biggest is that their Allied counterparts thought they were mainly fighting “Zeros”, a falsehood still published and accepted to this day.

In New Guinea the Allies ratcheted up a grueling, coordinated and unrelenting campaign, destroying most JAAF air power on the ground, not in the air. Their assault against Wewak’s key bases involved an interwoven and complex strategy which eventually overpowered the Japanese.

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.
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Pacific Adversaries: Japanese Army Air Force vs The Allies: Volume 1 - New Guinea 1942-1944
This volume 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 portrays the South Pacific conflict as accurately as possible. This first volume describes confrontations between the Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF) and the Allies in New Guinea and the Solomons.

JAAF units first arrived in the South Pacific in December 1942 and effectively ceased operations in mainland New Guinea in April 1944. Theirs is a rich and colorful history about which many myths persist. Perhaps the biggest is that their Allied counterparts thought they were mainly fighting “Zeros”, a falsehood still published and accepted to this day.

In New Guinea the Allies ratcheted up a grueling, coordinated and unrelenting campaign, destroying most JAAF air power on the ground, not in the air. Their assault against Wewak’s key bases involved an interwoven and complex strategy which eventually overpowered the Japanese.

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.
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Pacific Adversaries: Japanese Army Air Force vs The Allies: Volume 1 - New Guinea 1942-1944

Pacific Adversaries: Japanese Army Air Force vs The Allies: Volume 1 - New Guinea 1942-1944

by Michael John Claringbould
Pacific Adversaries: Japanese Army Air Force vs The Allies: Volume 1 - New Guinea 1942-1944

Pacific Adversaries: Japanese Army Air Force vs The Allies: Volume 1 - New Guinea 1942-1944

by Michael John Claringbould

Overview

This volume 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 portrays the South Pacific conflict as accurately as possible. This first volume describes confrontations between the Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF) and the Allies in New Guinea and the Solomons.

JAAF units first arrived in the South Pacific in December 1942 and effectively ceased operations in mainland New Guinea in April 1944. Theirs is a rich and colorful history about which many myths persist. Perhaps the biggest is that their Allied counterparts thought they were mainly fighting “Zeros”, a falsehood still published and accepted to this day.

In New Guinea the Allies ratcheted up a grueling, coordinated and unrelenting campaign, destroying most JAAF air power on the ground, not in the air. Their assault against Wewak’s key bases involved an interwoven and complex strategy which eventually overpowered the Japanese.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780646803142
Publisher: Avonmore Books
Publication date: 11/27/2019
Series: Pacific Adversaries , #1
Edition description: first
Pages: 112
Product dimensions: 6.70(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Raised in Port Moresby, Michael Claringbould is a globally recognized expert on the New Guinea air war and Japanese aviation in particular.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Glossary

Japanese Aircraft Types

Chapter 1 The Lucky Shot
Chapter 2 Collision Over Lae
Chapter 3 The Battle Which Never Was
Chapter 4 Takehashi Meets Deblanc
Chapter 5 Kamikaze or Miscalculation?
Chapter 6 A Long Legacy
Chapter 7 The Nama-Namba Man
Chapter 8 Sole Survivor – Bombura’s Tale
Chapter 9 Medal of Honor
Chapter 10 Fire-Breathing Dragon-Slayer
Chapter 11 Sally in the Mountains
Chapter 12 The Rare Sonia
Chapter 13 Mitchell Destroyed
Chapter 14 Two Boomers Down
Chapter 15 Ten Knights in a Bar Room
Chapter 16 The Last Dragon

Sources

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