Thomas Mckelvey Cleaver

Holding the Line (eBook, ePUB)

The Naval Air Campaign In Korea

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Naval and air power were crucial to the United Nations' success in the Korean War, as it sought to negate the overwhelming Chinese advantage in manpower. In what became known as the 'long hard slog', naval aviators sought to slow and cut off communist forces and support troops on the ground. USS Leyte (CV-32) operated off Korea in the Sea of Japan for a record 93 continuous days to support the Marines in their epic retreat out of North Korea, and was crucial in the battles of the spring and summer of 1951 in which the UN forces again battled to the 38th Parallel.

All of this was accomplished with a force that was in the midst of change, as jet aircraft altered the entire nature of naval aviation. This paperback edition of Holding the Line chronicles the carrier war in Korea from the first day of the war to the last, focusing on front-line combat, while also describing the technical development of aircraft and shipboard operations, and how these all affected the broader strategic situation on the Korean Peninsula.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472831705
• Artikelnr.: 54950459

Autorenporträt

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has been a published writer for the past 40 years, with his most recent work being the best-selling Osprey titles MiG Alley (2019), I Will Run Wild (2020), Under the Southern Cross (2021), The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club (2021), Going Downtown (2022), The Cactus Air Force (2022) alongside the late Eric Hammel, and most recently Clean Sweep (2023). Tom served in the US Navy in Vietnam and currently lives in Encino, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Dr. Richard P. Hallion Introduction Chapter 1: Climb Angels
Two-Five - Buster! Chapter 2: The Revolt of the Admirals Chapter 3: Forging
a New Sword Chapter 4: Naval Aviation Saves Itself Chapter 5: Defeat Looms
Chapter 6: Inchon Chapter 7: A Whole New War Chapter 8: Disaster Chapter 9:
Holding the Line Chapter 10: The Battle of Carlson' s Canyon and the
Hwachon Dam Chapter 11: Weekend Warriors Chapter 12: Operation Strangle
Chapter 13: "Death Valley" Chapter 14: Who Owns the Night? Chapter 15: The
Cherokee Chapter 16: The West Coast Chapter 17: The Marine War Chapter 18:
The End in Sight Chapter 19: The War Assessed Bibliography Index