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In August 1944 the British Pacific Fleet did not exist. Six months later it was strong enough to launch air attacks on Japanese territory, and by the end of the war it constituted the most powerful force in the history of the Royal Navy, fighting as professional equals alongside the US Navy in the thick of the action. How this was achieved by a nation nearing exhaustion after five years of conflict is a story of epic proportions in which ingenuity, diplomacy and dogged persistence all played a part. As much a political as a technical triumph, the BPF was uniquely complex in its make-up: its C-in-C was responsible to the Admiralty for the general direction of his Fleet; took operational orders from the American Admiral Nimitz; answered to the Government of Australia for the construction and maintenance of a vast base infrastructure, and to other Commonwealth Governments for the ships and men that formed his fully-integrated multi-national fleet. This ground-breaking new work by David Hobbs describes the background, creation and expansion of the BPF from its first tentative strikes, through operations off the coast of Japan to its impact on the immediate post-war period, including the opinions of USN liaison officers attached to the British flagships. The book is the first to demonstrate the real scope and scale of the BPF s impressive achievement.
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This is a very comprehensive account of the preparation, logistics and operations by the British Pacific Fleet in 1944/45. It could so easily be a very dry and boring book but the author's writing makes this a very readable and enjoyable account. It is well illustrated with photographs and maps but those hoping for aircraft images may be a little disappointed as most of them are of ships and shore facilities.
I have read a number of autobiographies by aircrew involved and this book pulls them all together to provide an overall picture and describes well all the back up required to support the carrier operations. It also includes a little of the politics and inter personal relations between the RN and USN senior commanders.
A recommended read.
I have read a number of autobiographies by aircrew involved and this book pulls them all together to provide an overall picture and describes well all the back up required to support the carrier operations. It also includes a little of the politics and inter personal relations between the RN and USN senior commanders.
A recommended read.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
This is a very thorough review of the formation, organisation and operations of the short lived and relatively unknown British Pacific Fleet. Not only is it pretty exhaustive, but it retains an immediacy and humanity of a ripping tale by delving into examples of actions and key moments in the lives the the men and few women who comprised this most impressive of fighting organisations. It doesn't gloss over the very real difficulties and occasional setbacks suffered by the fleet, not spare the blushes of those who from time to time proved a bit prickly or downright stroppy (this is NOT a hagiography of anyone).
This is required reading for anyone with an interest in the Britain's and the Commonwealth's role in the closing year of WWII in the Pacific- not only does it tell a great tale, it is stuffed to the gills with first hand accounts of actions, and references to a staggering array of primary sources. This is a first class history of a first class fleet.
This is required reading for anyone with an interest in the Britain's and the Commonwealth's role in the closing year of WWII in the Pacific- not only does it tell a great tale, it is stuffed to the gills with first hand accounts of actions, and references to a staggering array of primary sources. This is a first class history of a first class fleet.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Didnt know any other way of doing this, but I have contacted the publisher who said that new copies will be available soon.
So no need to pay the ridiculous prices people are asking here.
This really is an excellent book that I reviewed recently for the HMS Indomitable Association and think there will be a lot of interest in it from the members, so would like the chaps who were actually there to not be ripped off by the sort of people asking £125 etc on here.
So no need to pay the ridiculous prices people are asking here.
This really is an excellent book that I reviewed recently for the HMS Indomitable Association and think there will be a lot of interest in it from the members, so would like the chaps who were actually there to not be ripped off by the sort of people asking £125 etc on here.
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