Battle of the Java Sea - Hardcover

Thomas QC, Dr. David A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0233960724 ISBN 13: 9780233960722

Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1968

Synopsis

It began with Pearl Harbor. Three days later, the new British battleship Prince of Wales and the veteran battlecruiser Repulse were sunk by Japanese naval aircraft with humiliating ease and at negligible cost to themselves. British naval dominance of the Far East was broken at a stroke. The Japanese fleet rolled inexorably on, to destroy an ill-assorted fleet of British, Australian, Dutch and American cruisers and destroyers of uncertain vintage. There was no defence against the ravages of the world's third largest navy as disaster followed disaster. This is a vivid and accurate account of a period that changed the face of warfare at sea and heralded the collapse of European colonial power in the Far East.

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About the Author

David A. Thomas served in the Royal Navy in the Second World War, and later made a career for himself as a naval historian. He is the author of, among many other books, Crete 1941, and in a different vein, Edwin's Letters, about the death of his younger brother in Bomber Command.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services
• Publication date: 1968
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0233960724
• ISBN 13: 9780233960722
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256