| Entry Text: | WARNER, Dennis, WARNER, Peggy & SENO, Sadao. Disaster in the Pacific: New Light on the Battle of Savo Island. Sydney: Allen & Unwin; Annapolis, NIP, 1992. ISBN: 0870212567.
Describes the fierce night action fought in August 1942, when a squadron of American and Allied warships was attacked by a Japanese task force and torn apart, losing four cruisers and over 1,000 men. There were many controversial aspects of the battle, including unpreparedness and bungling on the part of the Allies, and the tactics that were used during the action. This exhaustively researched account is probably the definitive history of the Battle of Savo Island. |
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