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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aRussell, David Lee, _d1947- _eauthor. _912318
245	1	0	_aEarly U.S. Navy carrier raids, February-April 1942 : _bfive operations that tested a new dimension of American air power / _cDavid Lee Russell.
264		1	_aJefferson, North Carolina : _bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, _c[2019]
300			_a1 online resource (vii, 197 pages) : _billustrations, maps.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 183-186) and index.
505	0		_aWar begins in the Pacific -- Marshall and Gilbert Islands -- Rabaul -- Wake and Marcus Islands -- Lae and Salamaua -- Tokyo -- Aftermath -- Appendix A: Marshall and Gilbert Islands Raid, U.S. Navy Task Forces 8 and 17, February 1, 1942 -- Appendix B: Rabaul Raid, U.S. Navy Task Force 11, February 20, 1942 -- Appendix C: Wake and Marcus Island Raid, U.S. Navy Task Force 16, February 24, 1942 -- Appendix D: Lae-Salamaua Raid, Allied Task Force 11 (TF 11, TF 17 and ANZAC Squadron), March 10, 1942 -- Appendix E: Tokyo Raid, U.S. Navy Task Force 16, April 18, 1942.
520			_a"After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, America's fast carrier task forces, with their aircraft squadrons and powerful support warships, went on the offensive. Under orders from the Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, the newly appointed Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, as the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, took the fight to the Japanese, using island raids to slow their advance in the Pacific. Beginning in February 1942, a series of task force raids led by the carriers USS Enterprise, USS Yorktown, USS Lexington and USS Hornet were launched, beginning in the Marshall Islands and Gilbert Islands. An attempted raid on Rabaul was followed by successful attacks on Wake Island and Marcus Island. The Lae-Salamaua Raid countered Japanese invasions on New Guinea. The most dramatic was the unorthodox Tokyo (Doolittle) Raid, where 16 carrier-launched B-25 medium bombers demonstrated that the Japanese mainland was open to U.S. air attacks. The raids had a limited effect on halting the Japanese advance but kept the enemy away from Hawaii, the U.S. West coast and the Panama Canal, and kept open lines of communications to Australia."-- _cProvided by publisher.
590			_aOCLC control number change
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xCampaigns _zPacific Area. _911753
650		0	_aAircraft carriers _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. _912319
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xAerial operations, American. _96604
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xNaval operations, American. _912320
650		0	_aAir power _vCase studies. _912321
650		0	_aRaids (Military science) _vCase studies. _912322
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aRussell, David Lee, 1947- _tEarly U.S. Navy carrier raids, February-April 1942. _dJefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019] _z9781476678467 _w(DLC) 2019035880 _w(OCoLC)1113330639
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