Hailstorm over Truk Lagoon is a book by Klaus Lindemann about the shipwrecks of Truk lagoon. The wrecks were caused by Operation Hailstone, a US Navy aerial attack on the Japanese-held islands of the lagoon on 17 and 18 February 1944. American naval forces neutralized the lagoon's offensive capacity but did not try to capture it; instead they leapfrogged the islands and captured the Mariana Islands, which were within bomber range of Japan.[1][2][3]
References
edit- ^ Murphy, Geri (July 1992). "New Book -- Hailstorm over Truk Lagoon (Expanded and updated edition) by Klaus Lindemann". Skin Diver. Vol. 41, no. 7. p. 58. ISSN 0037-6345.
- ^ Murphy, Connor (2001-10-20). "Chuuk-shipwreck expert dies at 62". Pacific Daily News. Hagatna. pp. –7. ISSN 0196-2485.
- ^ "A Man Possessed". Pacific Daily News. Agana Heights, Guam. 1988-06-26. p. 30. Retrieved 2024-08-07 – via Newspapers.com.
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