02797cam a2200373 a 4500 ocm39328010 OCoLC 20241128080549.0 980622s1997 enka b 001 0 eng d 0750913975 9780750913973 AU@ 000014054806 NLGGC 159013631 NZ1 4347544 (OCoLC)39328010 eng GAFCSC LIBRARY V874 .W92 Wragg, David W. Carrier combat / David Wragg. Phoenix Mill, Stroud, Glostershire : Sutton, 1997. viii, 291 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm 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. Also issued online. 1900-1999 fast Aircraft carriers History. Naval battles History. Military history, Modern 20th century. History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Online version: Wragg, David W. Carrier combat. Phoenix Mill, Stroud, Glostershire : Sutton, 1997 (OCoLC)605446929 lcc BK V874 W92 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 44 OTHER HOLDINGS 2604 2604 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-11-28 0 V874 .W92 2024-4068 2024-11-28 08:06:07 C.1 2024-11-28 BK