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Darkest Hour : Volume 2: the Japanese Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 - the Attack Against Ceylon and the Eastern Fleet by Michal A. Piegzik (2022, Trade Paperback)
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The book presents the Japanese navy offensive in the Indian Ocean area in March-April 1942. Its main goal was to destroy the Royal Navy in the Far East and achieve domination on the Eastern flank of the Pacific War on the eve of the battle of Midway.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHelion & Company, The Limited
ISBN-101804510238
ISBN-139781804510230
eBay Product ID (ePID)10057277311
Product Key Features
Book TitleDarkest Hour : Volume 2: the Japanese Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 - the Attack Against Ceylon and the Eastern Fleet
Number of Pages88 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2022
TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / Naval, Asia / Japan, World
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorMichal A. Piegzik
Book SeriesAsia@War Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length11.8 in
Item Width8.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsThe two volumes comprising the Japanese naval offensive into the Indian Ocean during World War II are by far the most comprehensive and detailed account of these often minimized or neglected military actions. The use of Japanese, British, Australian, and American archival sources is a real plus, indicative of dedicated scholarship., For the casual reader, it serves as an effective introduction to the southern China-Burma-India theater in the earliest days of World War II. For the more-focused armchair historian, the text and notes will save significant time otherwise spent translating Japanese primary documents and references., ...filled with focused detail. Sources and defined terminologies and standards, and personal quotes and accounts enrich the text. As does the excellent gallery of photographs and artwork., Japan's Indian Ocean foray is superbly covered in this new book from Helion. The initial planning and then the execution of operation is covered in considerable detail.
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Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number33
Dewey Decimal940.5425
SynopsisThe Darkest Hour presents the Imperial Japanese Navy offensive in the Indian Ocean area in March-April 1942, the main goal of which was to destroy the Royal Navy in the Far East and achieve domination on the western flank of the Pacific War on the eve of the Battle of Midway. The bold operation by two Japanese task forces (Kido Butai and Malay Force) in the Indian Ocean would only be possible with the fall of Singapore in February and the Dutch East Indies in early March 1942.From the strategic point of view, the Japanese offensive in the Indian Ocean was the only moment in the Second World War when the Axis forces could coordinate their efforts to severely threaten the position of the British Empire in the crucial Middle Eastern and Indian theaters.Volume 2 of The Darkest Hour describes the movements of the invincible Kido Butai, consisting of five aircraft carriers and their escorts, that expected to crush the British bases on Ceylon and once and forever destroy the main core of the Eastern Fleet. The chaos provoked by the Kido Butai would then become a great opportunity for the Malay Force to cut off the British shipping routes in the western part of the Bay of Bengal. The Darkest Hour is the first systematic attempt to describe this less-well known part of the Pacific War by researching both British and Japanese archive documents and other sources published in many countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan, and India.The second volume examines the Japanese aerial assault upon the British bases on Ceylon, and the attacks against the carrier HMS Hermes, cruisers MS Cornwall and Devonshire, and the destroyer HMAS Vampire. The Darkest Hour Volume 2 includes extensive tables detailing the composition of the Japanese air attacks and is illustrated with photographs and with color artworks of the ships and aircraft involved., This book presents the Japanese navy offensive in the Indian Ocean area in March-April 1942. Its main goal was to destroy the Royal Navy in the Far East and achieve domination on the Eastern flank of the Pacific War on the eve of the battle of Midway.
LC Classification NumberD767
