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Distilling thousands of pages of primary-source research, here is an extraordinary narrative orchestration of the most strategically vital operation of the Pacific War: the U.S. Fifth Fleets seizure of the Marianas, a multi-faceted exhibition of the new state-of-the-art in warfare. It was the Navys first use of men who were the forerunners of todays SEALs. It marked the emergence of Americas capacity to launch cross-hemispheric expeditionary operations. It saw the flowering of American naval aviation and aircraft carrier power. And shortly after a classified aviation outfit completed its secret training, Marianas-based U.S. airpower would shock the world with a first glimpse of nuclear fire. From the epic seaborne invasion of Saipan, to the stunning spectacle of the aerial battles of the Marianas Turkey Shoot, to the grinding fight ashore between American and Japanese troops-and the largest suicide attack of the war-to the devastating bombing campaign that culminated with Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Marianas were the fulcrum of the Pacific, conquered by naval, air, and ground-force warriors who revolutionized warfare. Filled with memorable action set pieces and closely observed portraits of the most compelling warriors and commanders of the day,The Fleet at Flood Tideis the broadly encompassing story of the most consequential campaign of WW2.
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Copyright 2016 by James D. Hornfischer
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Names: Hornfischer, James D., author.
Title: The fleet at flood tide : America at total war in the Pacific, 19441945 / James D. Hornfischer.
Other titles: America at total war in the Pacific, 19441945
Description: New York : Bantam Books, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016027323 (print) | LCCN 2016027474 (Ebook) | ISBN 9780345548702 | ISBN 9780345548719 (Ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: World War, 1939-1945CampaignsPacific Area. | United States. Navy. Fleet, 5thHistory20th century. | Spruance, Raymond Ames, 18861969. | Turner, Richmond Kelly, 18851961. | Tibbets, Paul W. (Paul Warfield), 19152007. | World War, 19391945Amphibious operations, American. | World War, 19391945Naval operations, American. | World War, 19391945Aerial operations, American.
Classification: LCC D767 .H598 2016 (print) | LCC D767 (ebook) | DDC 940.54/5973dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016027323
Ebook ISBN9780345548719
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There were in morals two requisites for a lawful war,
a just cause and the chance of victory. The cause was now,
past all question, just. The enemy was exorbitant.
E VELYN W AUGH , Men at Arms (1952)
PART ONE
Sea
PART TWO
Land
PART THREE
Air
PART FOUR
Earth
Command Abbreviations
COMINCH: Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet
CINCPAC: Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
COMFIFTHFLT: Commander, Fifth Fleet
COMFIFTHPHIB: Commander, Fifth Amphibious Force
COMPHIBPAC: Commander, Amphibious Forces, Pacific
COMSUBPAC: Commander, Submarines, Pacific
COMGEN: Commanding General
CTF: Commander, Task Force
CTG: Commander, Task Group
BatDiv: Battleship Division
TransDiv: Transport Division
2/8 Marines (e.g.): 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment
U.S. Aircraft
B-17: Boeing Flying Fortress, a heavy bomber flown by the USAAF
B-24: Consolidated Liberator, a heavy bomber flown by the USAAF and Navy (as the PB4Y)
B-25: Consolidated Mitchell, a medium bomber flown by the USAAF
B-29: Boeing Superfortress, a heavy bomber flown by the USAAF
C-54: Douglas Skymaster, a transport flown by the USAAF and Navy (as the R5D)
F4U: Chance-Vought Corsair, a land- and carrier-based fighter flown by the Navy and Marine Corps
PBM: Consolidated Mariner, a flying boat used for long-range reconnaissance
SB2C: Curtiss Helldiver, a carrier-based dive-bomber
SBD: Douglas Dauntless, a carrier-based dive-bomber
F6F: Grumman Hellcat, a carrier-based fighter
FM-2: Grumman Wildcat, a carrier-based fighter
OY-1: Stinson Sentinel, a liaison/observation plane
P-47: Republic Thunderbolt, a land-based fighter-bomber flown by the USAAF
P-51: North American Mustang, a land-based fighter flown by the USAAF
TBM/TBF: Grumman Avenger, a carrier-based torpedo bomber
VB: naval dive-bomber squadron
VF: naval fighter squadron
VMF: Marine Corps fighter squadron
VT: naval torpedo bomber squadron; may also indicate a variable timed proximity fuze
Japanese Aircraft
Betty: Mitsubishi G4M Type 1 land-based bomber
Emily: Kawanishi H8K Type 2 flying boat
Frances: Yokosuka P1Y1 Ginga land-based bomber
Frank: Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate Type 4 fighter
Hamp: see Zeke
Irving: Nakajima J1N Gekko Type 2 twin-engine night fighter and reconnaissance plane
Jill: Nakajima B6N Tenzan carrier-based torpedo bomber
Judy: Yokosuka D4Y Suisei carrier-based dive-bomber
Kate: Nakajima B5N Type 97 carrier-based torpedo bomber
Mavis: Kawanishi H6K Type 97 flying boat
Nate: Nakajima Ki-27 Type 97 fighter
Oscar: Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa Type 1 fighter
Tony: Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien Type 3 fighter
Val: Aichi D3A Navy Type 99 carrier-based dive-bomber
Zeke: Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen Type 0 carrier- and land-based fighter
Zero: see Zeke
U.S. Warship Types
BB: battleship, 35,00048,000 tons
CA: heavy cruiser, 10,00017,000 tons
CL: light cruiser, 6,00010,000 tons
CV: aircraft carrier, 27,00034,000 tons
CVE: escort carrier, 7,800 tons
CVL: light aircraft carrier, 11,000 tons
DD: destroyer, 1,6002,500 tons
DE: destroyer escort, 1,200 tons
OBB: old battleship (preWorld War I era), 27,00033,000 tons
U.S. Amphibious Craft
amtank: see LVT(A)
amtrac: see LVT
APD: a destroyer or destroyer escort converted as a high-speed transport; used to deliver up to company-sized elements of Marine Raiders, Army Rangers, and Navy Underwater Demolition Teams to enemy beachheads
DUKW: a six-wheeled amphibian truck with a 2-ton capacity for cargo and personnel; the name is not an initialism but a model code assigned by the manufacturer, GMC
LCM: Landing Craft Medium; a lighter with capacity for a 30-ton medium tank or 60,000 pounds of cargo
LCPR: Landing Craft Personnel, Ramp. Replaced by the LCVP, its slightly larger, more-numerous successor, after 1942
LCT: Landing Craft Tank; a large lighter with capacity for multiple tanks and trucks and large quantities of gear and supplies
LCVP: Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel; a small landing craft used for personnel, with capacity for 36 troops or 10,000 pounds of cargo
LSD: Landing Ship Dock; a large vessel for cross-ocean transport of troops, vehicles, and cargo, with capacity for 240 soldiers or eighteen medium-tank-laden LCMs
LST: Landing Ship Tank; used to transport troops, vehicles, and equipment
LVT: Landing Vehicle Tracked (aka amphibian tractor, or amtrac); a lightly armored tactical vehicle capable of carrying troops and equipment over reefs and onto beaches
LVT(A): Landing Vehicle Tracked (Armored) (aka amtank); an amtrac armed with a 75 mm or 37 mm main gun
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