Second World War at Sea: Coral Sea visible Gates of Leningrad

Gates of Leningrad

• South Pacific

where five British battle cruisers met and defeated three German battle cruisers (plus one large armored cruiser)

with 11 scenarios based on the land battles of the Black Sea Fleet Marines in the dark days of 1941 against German and Romanian invaders

These are used with the four maps from Saipan 1944 for the book’s 30 new scenarios

Second World War at Sea: Coral Sea visible Gates of LeningradIn May 1942, the Japanese sought to capture Port Moresby on the south coast of New Guinea and interrupt communications between the United States and Australia. Such a move, they hoped, would bring the Americans to battle. The United States Navy needed no special inducement to fight the nations enemies. Two American aircraft carriers met one small and two large Japanese carriers in the worlds first battle between these powerful new warships. For the