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OPERATION I-GO

Yamamoto's Last Offensive ̶ New Guinea and the Solomons April 1943

Autore: Michael Claringbould

Codice: 282055

€ 35,00

Dettagliata trattazione dell’Operazione I-Go scritta utilizzando materiale d’archivio nipponico e dei paesi Alleati. Ampiamente illustrato segue ogni fase dell’offensiva architettata dall’ammiraglio Yamamoto che ne fu anche una vittima.

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Operation I-Go was Admiral Yamamoto's last offensive, using a powerful assembly of hundreds of aircraft that threatened to overwhelm Allied defences in four key South Pacific locations in April 1943.

In early 1943 Japanese forces in the South Pacific had suffered three key strategic setbacks at Guadalcanal, Kokoda and the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.

However Japanese strength in the theatre was far from spent, and the commander of the IJN Combined Fleet Admiral Yamamoto sensed an opportunity. As the Allies sought to advance up the Solomons and further into New Guinea a huge logistical effort was needed. Anchorages packed with ships and newly constructed airfield complexes were prime targets.

By temporarily bolstering his air force at Rabaul with carrier-based airpower, Yamamoto assembled a strike force of hundreds of aircraft. With these he planned to overwhelm Allied defences in a multi-day blitz against four crucial locations. Named Operation I-Go, it would be the largest IJN air operation ever launched in the region.

The odds favoured the plan, and any such offensive waged in 1942 would surely have wreaked havoc with Allied defences. However, by 1943 I-Go was a huge gamble. Would it strike a body blow and give the Allies reason to pause their advance? Or would it cause irrecoverable wastage of IJN offensive air power?

The results of I-Go were surprising, although it only achieved a fraction of what the Japanese claimed. The greatest irony was that it led to the death of its architect, Yamamoto.

This is the first detailed account of I-Go written with reference to both Japanese and Allied sources, and it surely sets a new historical benchmark for this key chapter of the Pacific War.

 

Lingua

INGLESE

Illustrazioni

ampiamente illustrato a colori

Pagine

164

Misure

17,5 x 25

ISBN
9780648665946