Setting the Rising Sun: Halsey's Aviators Strike Japan, Summer 1945

by Kevin A. Mahoney

Book Overview

By the summer of 1945, Adm. Bull Halsey's U.S. Third Fleet had fought its way far enough in the Pacific that its carrier-based fighters could launch attacks on Japan itself in preparation for the invasion of the home islands, planned for the fall of 1945. This mission U.S. Navy fighters, fighter-bombers, dive-bombers, and torpedo-bombers--Hellcats, Avengers, Helldivers, and more--carried out with a vengeance, striking airfields, industrial targets,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811738426
• ISBN13: 9780811738422
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"