Includes bibliographical references (page 281) and index.

Making of the aircraft carrier -- War in Europe -- What "Phoney War"? -- Action off Norway -- Disarming Vichy France: Battle of Mers El-Kebir -- Operation Judgement: Attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto -- Operation Excess: Illustrious under attack -- Battle of Cape Matapan -- Sink the Bismarck -- Need to do something: raids on Petsamo and Kirkenes -- Convoy Operation Pedestal -- Attacks on Convoy PQ18 -- Japan on the offensive -- Pearl Harbor -- Rabaul -- Darwin: Australia's Pearl Harbor -- Striking to the West at Ceylon -- Taking the war to the enemy: Operation Shangri-La -- First carrier to carrier combat: Battle of the Coral Sea -- Tide turns: Battle of Midway -- Allies seize the initiative in Europe -- Operation Torch: Allied landings in North Africa -- Operation Husky: Allied landings in Sicily -- Operation Avalanche: Allied landings at Salerno -- Now sink the Tirpitz -- Operation Dragoon: Allied landings in the South of France -- Taking the war to Japan -- Americans take the initiative: Guadalcanal -- Battle of the Solomon Islands -- Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands -- US landings on the Gilbert Islands -- Great Marianas turkey shoot -- Attack on Sabang -- Battle of Formosa -- Leyte Gulf: biggest naval battle in history -- Kamikaze: divine wind of desperation -- Battle for Okinawa -- Carrier warfare in peace -- Uneasy peace -- Korean War -- Operation Musketeer: Anglo-French landings in the Suez Canal Zone.

Naval air war over Vietnam -- Winter war: Battling for the Falklands -- War in the Gulf: Recovering Kuwait from Iraq.

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