How Long to Read Operation Ro-Go 1943

How Long Does it Take to Read Operation Ro-Go 1943?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 12 minutes to read Operation Ro-Go 1943 by Michael John Claringbould

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A compelling account of the failure of Imperial Japan's Operation Ro-Go, intended to take the offensive in the Solomons theater of the Pacific War, but which became Japan's first line of defense against the Allies' Rabaul raids and Bougainville landings. By the midpoint of World War II in the Pacific, Japan was on the defensive. At the end of 1943, after a year of tumultuous air combat around Rabaul and the Solomons, 173 Japanese aircraft were sent to Rabaul. The plan was for them to participate in Ro-Go Sakusen (known as Operation Ro, Ro-Go, or B) to strike Allied air power and shipping in the Solomons and to slow the American advance by severing Allied supply chains. However, instead of challenging Allied air and sea power on their own terms, the operation became unexpectedly embroiled in defensive combat and counterattacks, first to defend Rabaul from Allied air raids, and then to challenge the Allied landings at Bougainville. In one fell swoop, Operation Ro-Go was turned on its head, and transformed into a defensive battle for the Japanese. In this book, the first in English to focus on Operation Ro-Go, Michael John Claringbould uses rare Japanese primary source material to explain how the Japanese planned and fought the campaign, and corrects enduring myths often found in books that rely only on Western sources. He traces the unexpected and tremendous pressures placed on the operation's units at Rabaul as the Japanese dealt with massive, surprise raids from Fifth Air Force bombers, and later US Navy carrier aircraft, concluding with the strategic upset of the Bougainville landings. Packed with previously unpublished photos, spectacular original illustrations, 3D recreations of specific missions, maps and explanatory diagrams, this study tells the previously untold but significant story of Japan's air war in the Solomons.

How long is Operation Ro-Go 1943?

Operation Ro-Go 1943 by Michael John Claringbould is 187 pages long, and a total of 48,059 words.

This makes it 63% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Operation Ro-Go 1943 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Operation Ro-Go 1943 aloud.

What Reading Level is Operation Ro-Go 1943?

Operation Ro-Go 1943 is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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