The British Pacific Fleet: The Royal Navy's Most Powerful Strike Force Review

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The British Pacific Fleet: The Royal Navy's Most Powerful Strike Force ReviewDavid's Hobbs's "The British Pacific Fleet The Royal Navy's Most Powerful Strike Force" is a fine survey of the history of what was otherwise known as Task Force 57 at the end of World War II. Hobbs traces the genesis of the fleet from the disastrous Prince of Wales and Repulse episode, including considerations of pre war British naval strategy, to its triumph alongside the US Navy in Tokyo Harbor on September 2, 1945. Subsequent chapters describe the freeing of British possessions occupied by the Japanese and the repatriation of prisoners of war.
The Royal Navy was not designed to fight the expanse of the Pacific War nor were it's aircraft suitable for the tactics developed by the Americans to undertake battle over such distances. Rather it was designed for what the British knew, engaging the enemy in the constricted waters of the Mediterranean and the relatively short distances of the North Atlantic. It is testimony to the greatness of British seamanship and tradition that the Royal Navy observed what the Americans had learned and adapted US Navy tactics, aircraft and underway replenishing techniques so quickly and with such success. Unlike the United States, whose support vessels were purpose built and part of the fleet, the British had to assemble a fleet train from the flags of many nations all the while continuing to feed a country just beginning to recover from the European war.
There were political considerations on the American's part including some jealousy. But when given the choice of helping their Ally or not the US Navy provided assistance both official and unofficial. The jealousy issue is manifested in the fact that the ships of the Japanese Navy were reserved for the American pilots. Nonetheless the Royal Navy undertook multiple sorties which significantly degraded Japan's war making efforts, especially after the kamikaze inflicted losses on the Americans at Okinawa.
Royal Navy carriers acquitted themselves well from a defensive standpoint. Their armored flight decks were much less susceptible to damage than the American wooden decks. This difference had been anticipated by designers in both navies. The American Midway class commissioned shortly after the war had armored flight decks. Meanwhile the planned British Malta class had the extra hanger deck of the American design necessary to carry more aircraft.
In all Hobbs's book is one of the most extensive and illuminating on the subject and it includes photographs from the author's collection, which effectively tell the British Pacific Fleet's story.The British Pacific Fleet: The Royal Navy's Most Powerful Strike Force Overview

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