Battle of the Java Sea / [by] David A. Thomas
Language: English
Published by London : Deutsch, 1968
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
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Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 260 p. 12 plates, illus., plans, ports. 23 cm. Notes; Map on lining papers. Subjects; Java Sea, Battle of the, Indonesia, 1942. David Arthur Thomas. Battle of the Java Sea. Pacific War naval history. 1 Kg.
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- Title
- Battle of the Java Sea / [by] David A. Thomas
- Author
- Thomas, David Arthur (1925-)
- Publisher
- London : Deutsch
- Publication year
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0233960724
- ISBN 13
- 9780233960722
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
The battle was forlorn because the Allies were outnumbered, outclassed, and outfought. Against a navy that was revealing itself as one of the best in the world, they had only a handful of cruisers and destroyers. The great capital ships that were intended to defend Singapore, Prince of Wales and Repulse, were among the first victims, sunk by aircraft in the Gulf of Siam, sacrificed by commanders who still believed the battleship could survive under air attack.
Mr. Thomas has reconstructed an hour-by-hour record of those grim days, days during which the Allied ships battled against confusion, muddle, misinformation, and plain bad luck, and one by one went to the bottom. His lucid analysis of these events is an important contribution to the history of the Second World War.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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