Supremacy at Sea: Task Force 58 and the Central Pacific Victory

The gripping account of the US Navy's fast carrier force-and how its Central Pacific campaign in 1944 marked the achievement of American naval supremacy



Task Force 58 was World War II's most powerful battle fleet. Made up in mid-1944 of sixteen aircraft carriers, over a thousand combat aircraft, and an armada of escorts, it was vital to victory over Japan.



In this compelling account, Evan Mawdsley charts the 3,500-mile dash of the "Big Blue Fleet" across the Central Pacific in the first six m...