Scratch One Flattop: The First Carrier Air Campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea

by Robert C. Stern

By the beginning of May 1942, five months after the Pearl Harbor attack, the US Navy was ready to challenge the Japanese moves in the South Pacific. When the Japanese sent troops to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, the Americans sent the carriers Lexington and Yorktown to counter the move, setting the stage for the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253039290
• ISBN13: 9780253039293
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher