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The Darkest Hour: Volume 2 - The Japanese Offensive in the Indian Ocean, 1942 - The Attack against Ceylon and the Eastern Fleet

Michał A. Piegzik

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Description:The 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 dominationon the western flank of the Pacific War on the eve of the Battle of Midway. The bold operation by twoJapanese task forces (Kido Butai and Malay Force) in the Indian Ocean would only be possible with the fallof 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 momentin the Second World War when the Axis forces could coordinate their efforts to severely threaten theposition of the British Empire in the crucial Middle Eastern and Indian theatres.Volume 2 of The Darkest Hour describes the movements of the invincible Kido Butai, consisting offive 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 thenbecome a great opportunity for the Malay Force to cut off the British shipping routes in the western partof the Bay of Bengal.The Darkest Hour is the first systematic attempt to describe this less-well known part of the Pacific Warby researching both British and Japanese archive documents and other sources published in manycountries, including the United Kingdom, Japan, and India.The second volume examines the Japanese aerial assault upon the British bases on Ceylon, and theattacks against the carrier HMS Hermes, cruisers HMS Cornwall and Devonshire, and the destroyerHMAS Vampire. The Darkest Hour Volume 2 includes extensive tables detailing the composition of the Japanese air attacks, and is illustrated with photographs and with colour artworks of the ships and aircraft involved.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Darkest Hour: Volume 2 - The Japanese Offensive in the Indian Ocean, 1942 - The Attack against Ceylon and the Eastern Fleet. To get started finding The Darkest Hour: Volume 2 - The Japanese Offensive in the Indian Ocean, 1942 - The Attack against Ceylon and the Eastern Fleet, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 70

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Publisher: Helion & Company

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ISBN: 1804510238

Description: The 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 dominationon the western flank of the Pacific War on the eve of the Battle of Midway. The bold operation by twoJapanese task forces (Kido Butai and Malay Force) in the Indian Ocean would only be possible with the fallof 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 momentin the Second World War when the Axis forces could coordinate their efforts to severely threaten theposition of the British Empire in the crucial Middle Eastern and Indian theatres.Volume 2 of The Darkest Hour describes the movements of the invincible Kido Butai, consisting offive 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 thenbecome a great opportunity for the Malay Force to cut off the British shipping routes in the western partof the Bay of Bengal.The Darkest Hour is the first systematic attempt to describe this less-well known part of the Pacific Warby researching both British and Japanese archive documents and other sources published in manycountries, including the United Kingdom, Japan, and India.The second volume examines the Japanese aerial assault upon the British bases on Ceylon, and theattacks against the carrier HMS Hermes, cruisers HMS Cornwall and Devonshire, and the destroyerHMAS Vampire. The Darkest Hour Volume 2 includes extensive tables detailing the composition of the Japanese air attacks, and is illustrated with photographs and with colour artworks of the ships and aircraft involved.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Darkest Hour: Volume 2 - The Japanese Offensive in the Indian Ocean, 1942 - The Attack against Ceylon and the Eastern Fleet. To get started finding The Darkest Hour: Volume 2 - The Japanese Offensive in the Indian Ocean, 1942 - The Attack against Ceylon and the Eastern Fleet, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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