Books on war

[motto (RIP)]

This book deals with the little known story of British aircraft carrier operations against the Japanese in the later part of the war in the Pacific.
Based in Sydney, the British Pacific Fleet comprised of up to five carriers and over 100 support vessels with around 250 aircraft carrying out combat operations.
One interesting fact touched upon is that within a couple of weeks of the Japanese surrender the US cancelled Lend/Lease agreements which resulted in around 1000 aircraft being dumped at sea, mainly Corsairs and Avengers. Some, maybe even many of these were off the Australian east coast.

The Kamikaze Hunters
Will Iredale
Macmillan
ISBN 978-0-230-76819-2 HB
ISBN 978=1-4472-8471-0 TBP

David

[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by motto

This book deals with the little known story of British aircraft carrier operations against the Japanese in the later part of the war in the ....

The Kamikaze Hunters
Will Iredale
Macmillan
ISBN 978-0-230-76819-2 HB
ISBN 978=1-4472-8471-0 TBP

David

Hi David

Good read, read it a couple of months ago, actually found it at my local library here in the States. Unusual in that it actually tells the story of other than the US Navy having a role in the War in the Pacific, very pleased that our library for adding it to their collection.

Lots of interesting little tidbits, like the training of Commonwealth pilots in the US and the advantage they got from better weather meaning more flying hours.

Cheers Phil

[Russ Gregg]

Purely fiction, but I have read 3 of W.E.B. Griffin's series and really enjoyed them. 'The Corps' and 'Brotherhood of War' were set across WWII, and 'The Presidential Agent' series was good as well, but set in more recent times.
http://www.webgriffin.com/books.html

[hrpearce]

Once again Rick has been a bad influence to my wallet. 75 issues arrived in the mail today.