Rising Sun, Falling Skies : The Disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II by Jeffrey Cox (2014, Hardcover)

Worth the Time to Read It.

If one is interested in the beginning of the movement towards the end of the war, this book about the battle of Guadalcanal and the surrounding seas, this is a book to read. It details how the admirals of the transport fleet and carrier task forces left the Marines high and dry without most of their food and equipment and how the Cactus Air Force made do with dribbles of equipment and how they pieced together different planes to make one fly. It delves into how both Marine and Navy pilots learned to fight the Japanese pilots with better aircraft than we had. I didn't realize it, but I had read this previously, but it is worth reading a second time.Read full review

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