Today we take a look at the neutralisation of Truk, sometimes called the reverse Pearl Harbor, as Spruance and TF58 take out the IJN's primary outlying fleet base.
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history.navy.mil/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-026/H-026-3.html
amazon.co.uk/Hailstorm-over-Truk-Lagoon-operations/dp/159752347X
amazon.co.uk/Fleet-Flood-Tide-America-1944-1945-ebook/dp/B01BJSJMHI
amazon.co.uk/Conquering-Tide-Pacific-Islands-1942-1944/dp/0393353206
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