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To 'fly by the seat of your pants' is to decide a course of action as you go along
Set during a period across two world wars
bigger and bolder than ever
French and US sources - all sides of a gritty and hard fought story
The British Pacific Fleet. The Royal Navy's Most Powerful Strike Force. Author David Hobbs cookery To 'fly by the seatIn August 1944 the British Pacific Fleet did not exist. Six months later it was strong enough to launch air attacks on Japanese territory, and by the end of the war it constituted the most powerful force in the history of the Royal Navy, fighting as professional equals alongside the U. S. Navy. How this was achieved by a nation nearing exhaustion after five years of conflict is a story of epic proportions in which ingenuity, diplomacy, and dogged