Название: “The Most Dangerous Moment of the War”: Japan’s Attack on the Indian Ocean, 1942
Автор: John Clancy
Издательство: Casemate
ISBN: 1612003346
Год: 2015
Формат: AZW3, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 208
Размер: 3,5 МБ
Язык: Английский
In early April 1942, a little-known episode of World War II took place, said by Sir Winston Churchill to be the most dangerous moment of the war, when the Japanese made their only major offensive westwards into the Indian Ocean. Historian Sir Arthur Bryant said, A Japanese naval victory in April 1942 would have given Japan total control of the Indian Ocean, isolated the Middle East and brought down the Churchill government.