Operation KE The Cactus Air Force and the Japanese Withdrawal from Guadalcanal |
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| Author:
| Letourneau, Roger
Letourneau, Dennis |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59114-446-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | Naval Institute Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $42.95 |
Book Description:
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Explores the air combat that attended the Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal in early 1943. Operation KE was successful largely because Japanese strategic planning and tactical execution was basically sound. The traditional view holds that the Japanese got away with the initiative largely because the Americans let them. Letourneau contends that this was not entirely the case. He argues that the Cactus Air Force and Guadalcanal-based naval units did their best to disrupt the evacuation.
Explores the air combat that attended the Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal in early 1943. Operation KE was successful largely because Japanese strategic planning and tactical execution was basically sound. The traditional view holds that the Japanese got away with the initiative largely because the Americans let them. Letourneau contends that this was not entirely the case. He argues that the Cactus Air Force and Guadalcanal-based naval units did their best to disrupt the evacuation.