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1、executingtheevacuation.ThisbookcallsintoLETOURNEAUhisrevisionisthistoryquestionssomelong-questionthisassumptionandbringstolightheldassumptionsaboutOperationKE—thenewresearchthatsuggeststheCactusAirForceTrescueofsome10,000JapanesetroopsandGuadalcanal-basednavalunitsdi
2、dtheirbestfromGuadalcanalinearly1943.Focusingonthetodisrupttheevacuation.However,despitetheirairwarbetweenforcesfromtheUnitedStatesattempt,OperationKEwaslargelysuccessfulandJapanthatragedoverGuadalcanalfrombecauseofJapanesestrategicplanningandDecember1942toFebruary19
3、43,Operationsoundexecution.KEexamineshowtheJapaneseevacuationADVANCEPRAISEOPERATIONKEsucceededandwhytheCactusAirForcefailedtostopit.Theauthorsbeginbysettingthestageforthe“Byfarthemostdetailedtreatmentofthisimportantandunder-studiedoperation.evacuation,examiningtheres
4、pectivestatesofPackedwithnewresearch,theresultisathoroughtreatmentoftheairbattlesthatreadinessforbothJapanandtheUnitedStatesragedintheSolomonIslandsattheendoftheGuadalcanalcampaign.”intheSouthPacific.Subsequentchaptersdetail—JonathanParshall,co-author,ShatteredSword:
5、TheUntoldStoryoftheBattleairstrikes,fightersweeps,basesuppressionofMidwaymissions,andnavalsortiesthattookplaceduringthecrucialpreludetotheoperation.The“OperationKEisacracklinggoodaccountoftheJapanesemilitary’ssuccessfulfinalchaptersanalyzetheJapaneseplanningrescueoft
6、heir10,000troopsremainingonGuadalcanalinearly1943.ResearchedandexecutionofOperationKEonastrategicandextensivelyfrombothU.S.andJapaneserecords,thestoryunwindsaroundday-to-daytacticallevel.Geographyandscarceresources,airandseacombat.Thenarrativeisengrossingandtheauthor
7、s’conclusionsaresurecombinedwithoperationalobstacles,limitedtostircontroversy.”theabilitiesofbothcombatantsthroughouttheRogerLetourneau,aretiredbusinessmanand—lt.Col.Jamesa.Feliton,UsmC(ret.),formerCactusAirForcePilotduringbattle.Despiteavarietyofsetbacks,however,for
8、mermemberoftheRoyalCanadianAirForce,OperationKEtheJapanesedevelopedareasonablysoundlivesinHamilton,Ontario.HeholdsanMAinstrategy—ex
