Derek Law Bibliography

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HOBBS, David. The British Pacific Fleet: The Royal Navy's Most Powerful Strike Force. xvii, 462 p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2011. ISBN: 1848320485.

This ground-breaking work by David Hobbs describes the background, creation and expansion of the BPF from its first tentative strikes, through operations off the coast of Japan to its impact on the immediate post-war period, including the opinions of USN liaison officers attached to the British flagships. The book is the first to demonstrate the real scope and scale of the BPF s impressive achievement.