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Hey all,

Hope you are having a good and safe December!  For one of the upcoming videos, teased already in this post, I thought I'd link an interesting article as an introduction into the topic. In the upcoming video, Justin Pyke and I will talk about the reasons why Japan lost the air war in the South Pacific. The full source list and reading recommendations are of course given in the description of the video when it goes live [or just scroll down here :) ].

The article that got us thinking about this topic was Hiroyuki Shindo's Japanese air operations over New Guinea during the Second World War. It is open access so I link it here for those that want to read it: LINK. Published in the Journal of the Australian War memorial, it gives a great breakdown and overview of the Japanese strategy, it's merits and flaws.

Above, you will also find some screenshot from the video. When it comes out, we expand a bit on Shindo's article and talk about the key moments in the South Pacific air war and why Japan lost.

Looking forward to releasing it soon, and as always looking forward to your comments. Thank you for your support !
Chris

Sources / Reading recommendations from the next video

Hiroyuki Shindo, Japanese air operations over New Guinea during the  Second World War, Journal of the Australian War Memorial:  https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/journal/j34/shindo

Eric Bergerud, Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific,  Westview Press:  https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Sky-Air-South-Pacific/dp/0813338697  

Michael Claringbould & Peter Ingman, South Pacific Air War Volume  1-3, Avonmore Books: https://avonmorebooks.com.au/?page=3&id=92  

Michael Claringbould & Luca Ruffato, Eagles of the Southern Sky,  Avonmore Books:  https://www.amazon.com/Eagles-Southern-Sky-Japanese-Illustrated/dp/0473217635  

John Lundstrom, First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign, Naval Institute  Press:  https://www.usni.org/press/books/first-team-and-guadalcanal-campaign  

Bruce Gamble, Target Rabaul,  Zenith Press: https://www.amazon.com/Target-Rabaul-Allied-Infamous-Stronghold/dp/0760344078