1943 (Kirov Series)

By John Schettler

About 1943, Book 27 in the Kirov Series (Season 4, Volume 3) Admiral Halsey returns leading three new Essex Class carriers into 1943. While the US makes a big push to defeat the Japanese on Fiji, Halsey must fend off the skillful maneuvers of King Kong Hara as Japan moves to garrison her vital holdings in the New Hebrides. The action on both land and sea heats up as the U.S. launches a series of bold new offensives to challenge the Rising Sun.Meanwhile, Vladimir Karpov leads the battlecruiser Kirov into the warm waters of the South Pacific, intent on causing harm to his enemy. He hatches a plan to take the war right to the heart of Combined Fleet operations with a daring raid on the main Japanese naval base at Truk.Then, after a long slow journey beneath the ice, Captain Ivan Gromyko arrives in the Pacific with a very special guest aboard the submarine Kazan. Sent by Director Kamenski he must make the difficult decision to decide the fate of Kirov, yet Vladimir Karpov has other ideas that could set the two former allies into dangerous opposition... Now he uses his devious skills to try and persuade Fedorov and Volsky otherwise.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1539851028
• ISBN13: 9781539851028
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"