The Climactic Carrier Battle of WWII in the Pacific

On June 20, 1944,  the U.S. Navy took on the the Japanese in the final carrier battle of WW II. The Battle of the Philippine Sea  was a disaster for the Japanese who lost 3 aircraft carriers and 637 aircraft.  Barrett Tillman's  "The Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot", vividly portrays this stunning victory of the newly mighty U.S. fleet.

 

 

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Clash of the Carriers, by Barrett Tillman (2006 - 368pp)

Stirring account of the Battle of the Philippine Sea, a knock-out blow for Japan's navy air which lost 3 carriers, 600 planes and hundreds of pilots.

 

 

 

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