Okinawa 1945: The Royal Navy’s biggest carrier campaign (Air Campaign, 59)

This totally illustrated research explains the British Pacific Fleet’s marketing campaign towards the Japanese within the Sakishima Islands, its missed position within the battle for Okinawa.

The invasion of Okinawa was, famously, the end result of the USA’ island-hopping marketing campaign. Much less well-known is the truth that it was additionally the best marketing campaign of the British Pacific Fleet’s struggle towards Japan, fought by 5 fleet carriers over two months, with a definite activity. The Fleet Air Arm’s job at Okinawa was to suppress and destroy the Japanese airfields on the Sakashima Islands, which had been used as bases for kamikazes in addition to to route plane from Japan to Okinawa.

On this e book, naval skilled Angus Konstam provides a newly researched account of the Fleet Air Arm’s air marketing campaign within the Sakashimas. By 1945, the carriers and their aircrews had been properly labored up, and able to sort out difficult and necessary targets. He explains the capabilities of the late-war Fleet Air Arm at Okinawa, and analyses their effectiveness towards Japan’s still-dangerous airpower. Famously, at Okinawa the Royal Navy’s armoured carriers proved far more resilient to kamikaze strikes than the wooden-topped carriers of the Individuals.

Full of spectacular unique art work, pictures, diagrams and maps, this e book is a wonderfully illustrated historical past of the Royal Navy’s most in depth service marketing campaign.

Writer ‏ : ‎ Osprey Publishing (January 27, 2026)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1472866746
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1472866745
Merchandise Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 kilos
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.24 x 1 x 9.76 inches