Book Review: The Fleet at Flood Tide by James D. Hornfischer

In June 1944, on the eve of the invasion of Saipan, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander of joint forces in the Pacific Ocean Areas, had estimated that the Pacific War had passed through three phases. In the first, Japan expanded while America recovered from Pearl Harbor, secured lines of communication, and stopped the Japanese at …

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