The Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan

Author : Tom Womack
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476678887

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The Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan by Tom Womack Pdf

Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Dutch Naval Air Force--or Marine Luchtvaart Dienst (MLD)--played a significant but largely overlooked role in the opening months of the Pacific War. With 175 aircraft, the MLD greatly outnumbered the combined forces of its American and British allies. In three months of intense combat, the MLD lost 50 percent of its personnel and 80 percent of its aircraft, as the Netherlands' colonial empire was stripped away. This book details MLD operations during the Japanese invasion of Dutch East Indies, giving a comprehensive overview of organization, personnel, aircraft, equipment and tactics. For the first time in English, the failed evacuation of Java is examined.

Author : Tom Womack
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015063224177

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The Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan by Tom Womack Pdf

"This work details the actions of the Marine Luchtvaart Dienst (MLD) during the Japanese invasion of the Netherlands East Indies. It provides an overview of the force and a comprehensive account of the Allied naval war in the area"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Tom Womack
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476648187

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The Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan by Tom Womack Pdf

Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Dutch Naval Air Force--or Marine Luchtvaart Dienst (MLD)--played a significant but largely overlooked role in the opening months of the Pacific War. With 175 aircraft, the MLD greatly outnumbered the combined forces of its American and British allies. In three months of intense combat, the MLD lost 50 percent of its personnel and 80 percent of its aircraft, as the Netherlands' colonial empire was stripped away. This book details MLD operations during the Japanese invasion of Dutch East Indies, giving a comprehensive overview of organization, personnel, aircraft, equipment and tactics. For the first time in English, the failed evacuation of Java is examined.

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472840608

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Malaya & Dutch East Indies 1941–42 by Mark Stille Pdf

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 was quickly followed by a rapid invasion of Malaya, a plan based entirely on the decisive use of its airpower. While the British was inadequately prepared, they likewise relied on the RAF to defend their colony. The campaign was a short match between Japanese airpower at its peak and an outgunned colonial air force, and its results were stunning. The subsequent Dutch East Indies campaign was even more dependent on airpower, with Japan having to seize a string of island airfields to support their leapfrog advance. Facing the Japanese was a mixed bag of Allied air units, including the Dutch East Indies Air Squadron and the US Far East Air Force. The RAF fell back to airfields on Sumatra in the last stages of the Malaya campaign, and was involved in the last stages of the campaign to defend the Dutch colony. For the first time, this study explores these campaigns from an airpower perspective, explaining how and why the Japanese were so devastatingly effective.

Author : United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : IND:30000089056208

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The Fifth Air Force in the War Against Japan by United States Strategic Bombing Survey Pdf

Author : Hakan Gustavsson
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-1945 by Hakan Gustavsson Pdf

Author : United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : NYPL:33433072846870

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Air Forces Allied with the United States in the War Against Japan by United States Strategic Bombing Survey Pdf

Author : Tom Womack
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476662930

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The Allied Defense of the Malay Barrier, 1941-1942 by Tom Womack Pdf

Though few realize it, the Netherlands East Indies were the object of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Likewise, their invasions of Guam, Wake Island and the Philippines were mainly diversionary operations to safeguard their main assault on Dutch and British colonies. Since the end of World War I, Japan had coveted the vast East Indies oil reserves, and the colony had feared invasion since Germany overran Holland in May 1940. Isolated politically the weakly defended archipelago was a tempting prize. The East Indies government initially maintained a strict policy of neutrality while desperately working to build up its military strength. As Japanese actions pushed the region toward war, the Dutch reluctantly embraced closer ties with America and Britain. For a brief period, the East Indies were key players in Pacific War strategy. This book details for the first time in English the Dutch prewar strategy, their efforts to counter Japanese espionage and their sizable though largely forgotten military contribution in the early months of the Pacific War.

Author : United States. Army Air Forces. Historical Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015009139117

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Army Air Forces in the War Against Japan, 1941-1942 by United States. Army Air Forces. Historical Office Pdf

Author : Marc Lohnstein
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472843531

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The Netherlands East Indies Campaign 1941–42 by Marc Lohnstein Pdf

At the end of 1941, Imperial Japan targeted The East Indies in an attempt to secure access to precious oil resources. The Netherlands East Indies Campaign featured complex Japanese and Allied operations, and included the first use of airborne troops in the war. This highly illustrated study is one of the less well-known campaigns of the Pacific War. Imperial Japan's campaigns of conquest in late 1941/early 1942 were launched in order to achieve self-sufficiency for the Japanese people, chiefly in the precious commodity of oil. The Netherlands (or Dutch) East Indies formed one of Japan's primary targets, on account of its abundant rubber plantations and oilfields. The Japanese despatched an enormous naval task force to support the amphibious landings over the vast terrain of the Netherlands East Indies. The combined-arms offensive was divided into three groups: western, centre and eastern. The isolated airfields and oilfields were, however, picked off one by one by the Japanese, in the rush to secure the major islands before major Allied reinforcements arrived. This superbly illustrated title describes the operational plans and conduct of the fighting by the major parties involved, and assesses the performance of the opposing forces on the battlefield, bringing to life an often-overlooked campaign of the Pacific War.

Author : A. Kroese
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : WISC:89100009711

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The Dutch Navy at War by A. Kroese Pdf

Author : Marc Lohnstein
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472843548

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The Netherlands East Indies Campaign 1941–42 by Marc Lohnstein Pdf

At the end of 1941, Imperial Japan targeted The East Indies in an attempt to secure access to precious oil resources. The Netherlands East Indies Campaign featured complex Japanese and Allied operations, and included the first use of airborne troops in the war. This highly illustrated study is one of the less well-known campaigns of the Pacific War. Imperial Japan's campaigns of conquest in late 1941/early 1942 were launched in order to achieve self-sufficiency for the Japanese people, chiefly in the precious commodity of oil. The Netherlands (or Dutch) East Indies formed one of Japan's primary targets, on account of its abundant rubber plantations and oilfields. The Japanese despatched an enormous naval task force to support the amphibious landings over the vast terrain of the Netherlands East Indies. The combined-arms offensive was divided into three groups: western, centre and eastern. The isolated airfields and oilfields were, however, picked off one by one by the Japanese, in the rush to secure the major islands before major Allied reinforcements arrived. This superbly illustrated title describes the operational plans and conduct of the fighting by the major parties involved, and assesses the performance of the opposing forces on the battlefield, bringing to life an often-overlooked campaign of the Pacific War.

Author : Jeffrey Cox
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472808332

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Rising Sun, Falling Skies by Jeffrey Cox Pdf

Author Jeffrey Cox conducts a thorough and compelling investigation of the Java Sea Campaign, the first major sea battle of the Pacific War, which inflicted huge costs on the Allies and set the stage for Japan's rout across the Pacific and Indian oceans. Few events have ever shaken a country in the way that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor affected the United States. The Japanese forces then continued to overwhelm the Allies, attacking Malaya with its fortress of Singapore, and taking resource-rich islands in the Pacific in their own blitzkrieg offensive. Allied losses in these early months after America's entry into the war were great, and among the most devastating were those suffered during the Java Sea Campaign, where a small group of Americans, British, Dutch, and Australians were isolated in the Far East – directly in the path of the Japanese onslaught. It would be the first major sea battle of World War II in the Pacific.

Author : P.C. Boer
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789971695132

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The Loss of Java by P.C. Boer Pdf

The Loss of Java explains in detail the air, sea and land battles between the Allied and Japanese armed forces during the battle for Java that followed the evacuation of southern Sumatra in February 1942. Little has been written about the allied air campaign, or about why Dutch forces fought just one major land battle with the Japanese, the Battle of the Tjiater Pass, in the later stages of the struggle. P.C. Boer considers whether the assessment of Major General Van Oyen that deploying the Allied air forces might prevent Japanese invasion of Java was realistic, and whether reliance on air power limited the capacity of land and naval forces to repel Japan's advances. The generally accepted idea is that the Allies were ineffective in their fight against the Japanese invaders but in fact the Japanese suffered serious losses. Boer's study shows that Dutch strategy grew out of a carefully-devised plan of defense, and that the battle for Java comprised not one (the Battle of the Java Sea) but four major engagements. However, Japanese commanders at various levels consciously took steps that exposed their forces to great risk but succeeded in putting the Allies under great pressure. In the end the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) and the allied forces capitulated on 8 March 1942. This book is a translation of Het Verlies Van Java: Een kwestie van Air Power. De eindstrijd om Nederlands-Indie van de geallieerde lucht-, zee- en landstrijdkrschten in de periode van 18 februari t/m 7 maart 1942 (Amsterdam: Bataafsche Leeuw BV for the Koninklijke Militaire Academie, 2006).

Author : Ikuhiko Hata,Yasuho Izawa,Christopher Shores
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781909166288

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Japanese Army Air Force Units and Their Aces, 1931–1945 by Ikuhiko Hata,Yasuho Izawa,Christopher Shores Pdf

An extensive guide to Japan’s Army Air Force Units and their ace pilots during conflicts in the 1930s and ‘40s, now in English. Commencing with a detailed study of the development, equipment, and operations flown by this force since its inception immediately after the end of World War I, until the catastrophic conclusion of World War II, the initial section deals with the wars in China and Manchuria, as well as the Pacific War of 1941-1945. The second section explores the history of each unit, listing the types of aircraft used, the bases from which they flew, and the unit and formation commanders. Notable mission details are also included. Finally, the third section offers biographical notes for notable fighter pilots and features supporting listings and a glossary of Japanese terms. Photographs of pilots and aircraft are also included, along with line drawings indicating the unit markings carried. This revised edition is a companion volume to Japanese Naval Air Force Fighter Units and Their Aces, 1932–1945.