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03236aam a2200385 i 4500 001 CD20884C166311EA9B100A4E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191204010031 008 190816s2019 ncuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019035880 020 $a 1476678464 020 $a 9781476678467 035 $a (OCoLC)1113330639 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a p------ $a p------ 050 00 $a D773 $b .R86 2019 082 00 $a 940.54/26 $2 23 100 1 $a Russell, David Lee, $d 1947- $e author. 245 10 $a Early U.S. Navy carrier raids, February-April 1942 : $b five operations that tested a new dimension of American air power / $c David Lee Russell. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2019] 300 $a vii, 197 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-186) and index. 505 0 $a War 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."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Pacific Area. 650 0 $a Aircraft carriers $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Naval operations, American. 650 0 $a Air power (Military science) $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Raids (Military science) $v Case studies. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191204011548.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CD20884C166311EA9B100A4E97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search