ABDA Striking Force 1942: The Complete History of the Allied Naval Force Against Japan, the Dutch East Indies Campaign, and the Battle of the Java Sea - Softcover

ABDA Striking Force 1942 : The Complete History of the Allied Naval Force Against Japan, the Dutch East Indies Campaign, and the Battle of the Java Sea

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Featuring mini photographs and a fast-moving, accessible narrative, ABDA Striking Force 1942 brings to life one of the most desperate and overlooked naval campaigns of World War II.In the opening months of 1942, Japanese forces were advancing rapidly through Southeast Asia. In response, the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, and Australia attempted something extraordinary: combining ships, commanders, and crews from four different navies into a single fighting force.They called it the ABDA Striking Force.The idea was ambitious. The reality was far more difficult.Allied sailors entered battle with limited air cover, strained communications, different naval traditions, aging ships, and almost no time to learn how to fight together. Under Dutch Rear Admiral Karel Doorman, they were asked to slow an enemy whose momentum seemed almost impossible to stop.From Makassar Strait and the fighting around Bali to the devastating Battle of the Java Sea, the final night of De Ruyter, and the desperate battles and escapes that followed, this book follows the campaign as it unfolded-ship by ship, decision by decision, and battle by battle.Rather than reducing the story to defeat, ABDA Striking Force 1942 explores what the Allied sailors were trying to accomplish, the conditions they faced, why coordination became so difficult, and what their brief campaign reveals about coalition warfare under extreme pressure.Written for both dedicated military-history readers and those discovering the story for the first time, this is a clear, human, and compelling account of four Allied navies thrown together at one of the most dangerous moments of the Pacific War.Four navies. One rapidly collapsing defensive line. And a group of sailors ordered to fight while the world around them was changing by the hour. Artikel-Nr. 9798177456805

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