The British Pacific Fleet 1945the Royal Navys Most Powerful Strike Force 1st Edition David Hobbs by David Hobbs 9781783469222, 1783469226 instant download after payment.

Six months later it was strong enough to launch air attacks on Japanese territory, and by the end of the war it constituted the most powerful force in the history of the Royal Navy, fighting as professional equals alongside the US Navy in the thick of the action.      How this was achieved by a nation nearing exhaustion after five years of conflict is a story of epic proportions in which ingenuity, diplomacy and dogged persistence all played a part. 

As much a political as a technical triumph, the RN BPF was uniquely complex in its make-up: its C-in-C was responsible to the Admiralty for the general direction of his Fleet; took operational orders from the American Admiral Nimitz; answered to the Government of Australia for the construction and maintenance of a vast base infrastructure, and to other Commonwealth Governments for the ships and men that formed his fully-integrated multi-national fleet including RAN & RCN members in their makeup.
This ground-breaking work by David Hobbs describes the background, creation and expansion of the RN BPF from its first tentative strikes, through operations off the coast of Japan (including the Awarding of the last VC of the War, to a Canadian Pilot of the RCN - Posthumously) through to its impact on the immediate postwar period, including the opinions of USN liaison officers attached to the British flagships. 

The book is the first to demonstrate the real scope and scale of the RN BPF's impressive achievement in both War & Peace.

Out of Print, now only available digitally.

DAVID HOBBS served in the Royal Navy as a pilot, and later became the Curator of the RN Fleet Air Arm Museum.                         He has since established himself as an important, authoritative writer on naval aviation topics, with more than a dozen highly regarded books to his name.                

Illustrated: 200 black and white.

Re Released as an Ebook only in 2012. Originally Published in 2011.