Brute Force: Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World WarThe noted military historian John Ellis argues in this masterly study that the Allies triuphed not because of superior leadership, strategy, or tacctics-butt solely on account of their endless industrial capacity. |
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Page 456
... carriers and three light . Because of the threat they posed to the American carriers , and because they usually took up a vanguard station , it was these ships that were likely to be the Americans ' main targets . Yamamoto had divided ...
... carriers and three light . Because of the threat they posed to the American carriers , and because they usually took up a vanguard station , it was these ships that were likely to be the Americans ' main targets . Yamamoto had divided ...
Page 457
... carriers constituted the main strength of the fleet.'11 What Yamamoto had completely failed to realise was how expen- sive his preliminary pinning move might be . Even after Coral Sea he still seemed unaware of how much damage carriers ...
... carriers constituted the main strength of the fleet.'11 What Yamamoto had completely failed to realise was how expen- sive his preliminary pinning move might be . Even after Coral Sea he still seemed unaware of how much damage carriers ...
Page 479
... carriers , six times as many cruisers , and six times as many destroyers . In simple numbers this meant that they built eight more battleships than the Japanese and 124 more carriers . * Armed with a margin for error of these dimensions ...
... carriers , six times as many cruisers , and six times as many destroyers . In simple numbers this meant that they built eight more battleships than the Japanese and 124 more carriers . * Armed with a margin for error of these dimensions ...
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The Last European War Poland France | 1 |
PART | 35 |
July 1943 May 1945 | 101 |
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