Two major carrier battles were fought between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the US Pacific Fleet in the second half of 1942 in the southwest Pacific. These two actions, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons and the Battle of Santa Cruz, saw the air groups of Yamamoto's forces pitted against the Enterprise, Saratoga, and Hornet . These were fought in conjunction with the land campaign on Guadalcanal and in the Solomon Islands, and represent the last credible attempts of the Japanese to win back control of the sea and air before the tremendous American industrial advantage came into play and made remote their prospects for victory in the Pacific. I both of these actions the Dauntlesses were right in the middle of the fighting, as they had been throughout all phases of the campaign in the Southwest Pacific.
22 дек 2020
