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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 30 July 2026
- ISBN 9781472870865
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages96 pages
- Size 248x184 mm
- Weight 454 g
- Language English
- Illustrations Illustrated throughout with 65 photos and 16 pages of colour illustrations 700
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Short description:
The weeks after Pearl Harbor saw Japan destroy the well-prepared US air forces in the Philippines. Fully illustrated, this studies the Pacific War's little-known first major air campaign.
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The weeks after Pearl Harbor saw Japan destroy the well-prepared US air forces in the Philippines. Fully illustrated, this studies the Pacific War's little-known first major air campaign.
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese not only attacked Pearl Harbor,but also struck at US and allied bases throughout the Pacific, including the USA's biggest overseas territory, the Philippines. However, that was an air battle the US was expecting. The USAAF had beefed up its assets in the Philippines, sending nearly a quarter of its available B-17s to the Far Eastern Air Force (FEAF).It could also call on the Philippine Army Air Corps (PAAC).
Aviation historian Mark Lardas explains how despite that, in a campaign that lasted barely a month, Japan's air forces routed both the FEAF and the PAAC, gaining air superiority and permitting Imperial Army troops undisturbed access to the Philippine coast. Within a week Japan ruled the skies over Luzon. Two weeks later it had air superiority over all the Philippines. After a month, its control was so complete the Imperial Army felt confident to move its 5th Air Group back out of the Philippines. While desultory air combat would continue off and on for the next three months, the issue was decided by 5 January 1942.
Packed with original artwork, 3D diagrams, maps and photos, this is the history of how the first air campaign of the Pacific War turned into a humiliating defeat for the United States.
Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION
CHRONOLOGY
ATTACKER'S CAPABILITIES
-Aircraft
-Facilities
-Weapons and tactics
DEFENDER'S CAPABILITIES
-Aircraft
-Facilities
-Weapons and tactics
CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES
- United States' objectives
THE CAMPAIGN
-Build up - September 26, 1940 to December 7, 1941
-Opening day - December 8, 1941
-Tipping point - December 9-10, 1941
-Retreat - December 11-14, 1941
-Withdrawal - December 15, 1941 to January 5, 1942
-Endgame - January 6 to May 12, 1942
AFTERMATH AND ANALYSIS
FURTHER READING
INDEX
