Carrier Operations in World War II by David Brown - 9781848320420

Carrier Operations in World War IIAuthor(s): David Brown\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Seaforth Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781848320420, 978-1848320420\nSynopsis\nBetween 1939 and 1945 the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm grew from a small force into a powerful strategic weapon. British carrier-based aircraft fought throughout the world and David Brown here describes their activities in the Home, Mediterranean, Eastern and British Pacific Fleets, together with Forces created for specific operations, listing aircraft and units embarked during the various [url] goes on to describe carrier operations in the Pacific between 1941 and 1945, the greatest maritime war in history. Both the United States and Imperial Japanese Navies watched the Royal Navy's early carrier operations in the European Theatre and benefited from the lessons. American aircrews and sailors learnt quickly in action until, by March 1945, the United States Fifth Fleet with its a.