Comments: Softcover, 96 pages, 58 black-and-white photos and 14 color plates
ISBN: 978-1-4728-1920-8
Price: $24
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
From the publisher: After suffering devastating losses in the huge naval battles at Midway and the Solomon Islands, the Imperial Japanese Navy attempted to counterattack against U.S. forces threatening the home islands.
Involving the U.S. Fifth Fleet and the Japanese Mobile Fleet, the Battle of the Philippine Sea took place during the United States’ amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War. The two fleets clashed on June 19th and 20th, 1944, as American fighters decimated Japanese carrier fighters in what became known as the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot” before U.S. counterattacks and submarine strikes forced the withdrawal of the Japanese fleet. Illustrated with specially commissioned artwork, Stille’s book relates the last and largest carrier battle of the Pacific War, which saw the end of the Imperial Japanese Navy as a fully formed fighting force.
FSM says: You can’t know the players without the program: This roundup of the epic battle will help you get the decals right on your carrier plane.
