MacArthur's air force : American airpower over the Pacific and the Far East, 1941-51
Yenne, Bill, 1949-2021
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General Douglas MacArthur is one of the towering figures of World War II, and indeed of the 20th century, but his leadership of the second largest air force in the USAAF is often overlooked. When World War II ended, the three numbered air forces (the Fifth, Thirteenth and Seventh) under his command possessed 4,004 combat aircraft, 433 reconnaissance aircraft and 922 transports. After being humbled by the Japanese in the Philippines in 1942, MacArthur and his air chief General George Kenney rebuilt the US aerial presence in the Pacific, helping Allied naval and ground forces to push back the Japanese Air Force, re-take the Philippines, and carry the war north towards the Home Islands. Following the end of WWII MacArthur was the highest military and political authority in Japan, and at the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 he was named as Commander in Chief, United Nations Command.
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Author:
Yenne, Bill, 1949-, author
Imprint:
Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2021.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.
ISBN:
9781472833242 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific AreaWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, AmericanUnited States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 5thUnited States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 13thUnited States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 7thMacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 -- Military leadershipWarfare and Defence
BRN:
2532990
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