The Navy's Air War
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The Navy's Air War

A Mission Completed

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eBook - ePub

The Navy's Air War

A Mission Completed

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The Navy's Air War is the definitiveaccount of the critical role naval aircraft played in World War 2. Author and historian Albert Buchanan recreates the engagements of the Pacific and Atlantic combat theaters with near clinical detail, from the Pearl Harbor Attack to the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri. Interwoven with these combat narratives is background information on technological innovations, production methods, training programs, and the important players involved.

This new edition of The Navy's Air War: A Mission Completed includes annotations and photographs from World War 2.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. The Navy’s Air War: A Mission Completed
  4. 1 – Pearl Harbor
  5. 2 – Background
  6. 3 – Naval Air Organization
  7. 4 - The Neutrality Patrol
  8. 5 – Anti-Submarine Warfare
  9. 6 - Prototype of Invasion
  10. 7 – War on the “Wolf Pack”
  11. 8 – The Battle of the South Atlantic
  12. 9 – Naval Aviation in the Italian Invasion
  13. 10 – Naval Aviation in the Invasion of France
  14. 11 – Coast Guard Aviation
  15. 12 – Readiness in the Philippines
  16. 13 – Toward the End of Tragedy
  17. 14 – The Beginning of Glory
  18. 15 – Wings Over Guadalcanal
  19. 16 – The Northern Dagger
  20. 17 – Starting the Road Back
  21. 18 – The Gilberts Campaign
  22. 19 – The End of the Aleutian Campaign
  23. 20 – The Marshalls Campaign
  24. 21 – Conquest of the Marianas Campaign
  25. 22 – Operations in the Western Carolines
  26. 23 – From New Britain to Morotai
  27. 24 – Whirlwind in the Philippines
  28. 25 – Iwo Jima
  29. 26 – Okinawa
  30. 27 – Into the Heart of Japan
  31. 28 – Training Naval Aviation’s Manpower
  32. 29 – Production to Meet Changing War Needs
  33. 30 – The Expansion of Shore Establishments
  34. 31 – “Keep ’Em Flying!”
  35. 32 – Naval Air Transport Service
  36. 33 – Naval Air Service
  37. Epilogue
  38. Further Reading: They Call It Pacific: An Eye-Witness Story of Our War Against Japan from Bataan to the Solomons