Operation Ro-Go 1943
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4728-5557-2 (ISBN)
By the midpoint of World War II in the Pacific, Japan was on the defensive. At the end of 1943, after a year of tumultuous air combat around Rabaul and the Solomons, 173 Japanese aircraft were sent to Rabaul. The plan was for them to participate in Ro-Go Sakusen (known as Operation Ro, Ro-Go, or B) to strike Allied air power and shipping in the Solomons and to slow the American advance by severing Allied supply chains. However, instead of challenging Allied air and sea power on their own terms, the operation became unexpectedly embroiled in defensive combat and counterattacks, first to defend Rabaul from Allied air raids, and then to challenge the Allied landings at Bougainville. In one fell swoop, Operation Ro-Go was turned on its head, and transformed into a defensive battle for the Japanese.
In this book, the first in English to focus on Operation Ro-Go, Michael John Claringbould uses rare Japanese primary source material to explain how the Japanese planned and fought the campaign, and corrects enduring myths often found in books that rely only on Western sources. He traces the unexpected and tremendous pressures placed on the operation’s units at Rabaul as the Japanese dealt with massive, surprise raids from Fifth Air Force bombers, and later US Navy carrier aircraft, concluding with the strategic upset of the Bougainville landings.
Packed with previously unpublished photos, spectacular original illustrations, 3D recreations of specific missions, maps and explanatory diagrams, this study tells the previously untold but significant story of Japan's air war in the Solomons.
Michael John Claringbould was raised in Papua New Guinea, where he became fascinated by the Pacific air war. An extensive career in the Australian Foreign Service saw him complete six postings within Asia and the Pacific. He is author of numerous books concerning the USAAF Fifth Air Force and Japanese Pacific air power. Appointed an executive member of Pacific Air War History Associates in 2018, Michael is a licensed pilot and also holds an Intermediate paraglider rating. He lives in Australia. Jim Laurier is a native of New England and lives in New Hampshire. He attended Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, from 1974–78, and since graduating with Honours, he has been working professionally in the field of Fine Art and Illustration. He has been commissioned to paint for the US Air Force and has aviation paintings on permanent display at the Pentagon.
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INTRODUCTION
CHRONOLOGY
ATTACKER'S CAPABILITIES
- Airfields
- Radar
- Torpedoes
- Floatplanes
- Zero-Sen
- Judy
- Val
DEFENDER'S CAPABILITIES
- Logistics and materiel
- Strategy
- Radar
- Airpower
CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES
THE CAMPAIGN
- Defending Torokina
- The carrier forces strike – 2 November
- The Fifth Air Force strikes – 2 November
- First Rabaul attack - 5 November
- Japanese resistance
- RAAF night attack – 5 November
- Notomi lost – 8 November
- The Beaufort Push – 8–9 November
- The 11 November Rabaul strike
- Target Rabaul – again
- The Bettys’ attack
AFTERMATH
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.11.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Air Campaign |
| Illustrationen | Jim Laurier |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrated throughout with around 60 photos and at least 14 pages of colour illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 184 x 248 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4728-5557-4 / 1472855574 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4728-5557-2 / 9781472855572 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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