P-38 Lightning Vs Ki-61 Tony: New Guinea 1943-44

by Donald Nijboer

The air war in the South Pacific was unique and very different from other major air operations undertaken during World War II. In no theater was air power more central to success than in the South Pacific. The objective of every major strategic move was to seize an air base. The air power employed was the most complex technology available, and, ironically, it was employed over some of the most brutal, primitive and largely unknown terrain in the world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846039436
• ISBN13: 9781846039430
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.4" x 9.8"