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Air Power, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Book Reviews, Convoy Operations, Indo-Pacific, Maritime Strategy, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Tactics, Operational Planning, Royal Australian Navy, Second World War, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy
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Latest Book Review, 25 August

25 Aug 23

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book examining the development of the Gaudalcanal-Solomons campaign through March-October 1943 in the southwest Pacific.

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Dark Waters, Starry Skies: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, March-October 1943

25 Aug 23

by JEFFREY R. COX (Osprey Publishing – £30.00) ISBN 978 1 4728 4989 2 528 pages Having read Jeffrey Cox’s […]

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Air Power, Book Reviews, Indo-Pacific, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Royal Australian Navy, Second World War, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy
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Latest Book Review, 22 August

22 Aug 23

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book on the Allied campaign in the Second World War to neutralise the Japanese strong point on Rabaul, following on from success at Gaudalcanal.

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Under the Southern Cross: The South Pacific Campaign Against Rabaul

22 Aug 23

By THOMAS McKELVY CLEAVER (Osprey – £14.99) ISBN 978 1 4728 3823 0 352 pages These days, the Pacific campaign […]

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Air Power, Battle of the Atlantic, Book Reviews, Convoy Operations, Doctrine, Indo-Pacific, Maritime Strategy, Merchant Navy, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Second World War, Strategic Bombing, United States Navy
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Latest Book Reviews, 18 August

18 Aug 23

BRE. The latest book reviews are now available. One considers a reprint of a 1946 memoir of convoy and corvette operations in the Battle of the Atlantic. The other looks at the US approach the neutralisation of the Japanese bastion of Truk in the Pacific during the Second World War.

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Truk 1944-45: The Destruction of Japan’s Central Pacific Bastion

18 Aug 23

By MARK LARDAS (Osprey Publishing – £14.99) ISBN 978 1 4728 4585 6 96 pages The war against Japan in […]

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19th Century, Age of Sail, Air Power, Book Reviews, Indo-Pacific, Naval History, Naval Tactics, Second World War, Strategy
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Latest Book Reviews, 11 August

11 Aug 23

BRE. The latest book reviews are now available. One looks at the latest book by Brian Lavery on Royal yachts, the other looks at the Battle of the Bismarck Sea in March 1943.

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B-25 Mitchell vs Japanese Destroyer: Battle of the Bismarck Sea 1943

11 Aug 23

By MARK LARDAS (Osprey Publishing – £13.99) ISBN 978 1 4728 4517 7 80 pages The Battle of the Bismarck […]

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Book Reviews, Indo-Pacific, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Second World War, United States Navy
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Latest Book Review, 28 July

28 Jul 23

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It looks at the use of Japanese long-range flying boats and US land-based long-range maritime patrol aircraft, in particular the rare direct encounters those aircraft had, over the Pacific in the Second World War.

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