Название: The Philippine Sea 1944: The last great carrier battle
Автор: Mark Stille
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Campaign 313
ISBN: 9781472819208
Год издания: 2017
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 97
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 12,6 MB

After suffering devastating losses in the huge naval battles at Midway and the Soloman Islands, the Imperial Japanese navy attempted to counter-attack against the US forces threatening the Home Islands. Involving the US Fifth Fleet and the Japanese Mobile Fleet, the battle of the Philippine Sea took place during the United States' amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War.