{"product_id":"under-the-southern-cross-the-south-pacific-air-campaign-against-rabaul-paperback","title":"Under the Southern Cross: The South Pacific Air Campaign Against Rabaul - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas McKelvey Cleaver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid narrative history of the Solomons campaign of World War II, one of the key turning points in the U.S. Navy's campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf the Battle of Midway, fought in June 1942, stopped further Japanese expansion in the Pacific, it was the Battle of Guadalcanal and the following Solomons Campaign that broke the back of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Between August 7, 1942 and February 24, 1944 when the Imperial Japanese Navy withdrew its surviving surface and air units from Rabaul, the main Japanese base in the South Pacific, the US Navy fought the most difficult campaign in its history, suffering such high personnel losses during the campaign that for years it refused to publicly release total casualty figures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnlike the Central Pacific Campaign, which was fought by 'the new Navy, ' the Solomons campaign saw the US Navy at its lowest point, using those ships that had survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other units of the pre-war navy hastily transferred to the Pacific. After the Battle of Santa Cruz in late October, USS \u003ci\u003eEnterprise\u003c\/i\u003e was the only pre-war carrier left in the South Pacific and the Navy would not have been able to resist the Imperial Japanese Navy had they sought a third major fleet action in the region. For most of the campaign, the issue of which side would ultimately prevail was in doubt until toward the end when the surge of American industrial production began to make itself felt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder the Southern Cross \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the Solomons campaign from land, sea and air, offering a new account of the military offensive that laid the groundwork for Allied success throughout the rest of the Pacific War.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas McKelvey Cleaver \u003c\/b\u003ehas been a published writer for the past 40 years. He was a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eFlight Journal \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. He has had a lifelong interest in the Korean War and this work is the product of 25 years of research. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAces of the 78th Fighter Group \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eF4F and F6F Aces of VF-2\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eFabled Fifteen: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Bridgebusters: The True Story of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe Catch-22 Bomb Group\u003c\/i\u003e. During his 30 years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, he wrote the cult classic \u003ci\u003eThe Terror Within \u003c\/i\u003eand worked as a supervising producer on a number of TV and cable series. He served in the US Navy in Vietnam\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.06 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766355820832,"sku":"9781472838230","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e310df6211f1de35313a05492d91be6e.webp?v=1780291039","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/under-the-southern-cross-the-south-pacific-air-campaign-against-rabaul-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}