La guerra aeronaval en el Pacífico tras conquistar Guadalcanal: desde las Salomon, las Marianas y Saipán -la mayor batalla de portaviones de la Historia- hasta Iwo Jima, Okinawa y la rendición final del Japón. Ante el poderío industrial estadounidense, Japón tenía que reservarse para librar una batalla decisiva, que acabase de una vez por todas con la poderosa Flota de los Estados Unidos en el Pacífico. El almirante de la Flota Combinada reservaba sus aviones con base en tierra y los de sus portaviones para este momento. Era la última oportunidad de los japoneses para invertir el giro de la guerra. Sumados los aviones japoneses embarcados con los que se encontraban en los aeródromos japoneses, podían aportar a la batalla un número mayor de aviones que los estadounidenses. Por otra parte, la escuadra japonesa la mandaba el mayor estratega de la Armada Imperial, el almirante Jisaburo Ozawa. Las espadas estaban levantadas, había llegado el momento decisivo esperado por el Imperio del Sol Naciente. ¿Conseguirían los japoneses alterar el curso de la guerra? Estaban tan convencidos de ello que el general Tojo, jefe del Estado Mayor de las Fuerzas Armadas Imperiales, había anunciado su dimisión si se perdía la batalla. The aeronaval war in the Pacific after conquering Guadalcanal: from the Salomon Islands, to the Marianas and Saipan - the greatest aircraft carrier battle in history - to Iwo Jima, Okinawa and the final surrender of Japan. he work describes and analyzes the evolution of the aeronautical war in the Pacific once the island of Guadalcanal was conquered by the allied troops. The fight for the archipelago of the Solomon Islands and the allied offensive in New Guinea under the command of General MacArthur is described, as well as the offensive in the Central Pacific led by Admiral Nimitz. In both offensives, the naval aspect is dealt with in greater depth. The heart of the book is the Battle of Saipan (thus called by the Japanese), the largest aircraft carrier battle in history in terms of the number of units of this type. The Empire of Japan considered this battle so decisive that General Tojo, the head of the Japanese Armed Forces, had warned of his resignation in the event that the Japanese were defeated. Finally, the book continues with the development of the allied offensive, in which the fundamental weight was carried by the United States, until the end of hostilities with the surrender of Japan. Gutierrez de la Cámara holds a Naval Degree of Captain, submarine weapons specialist. He has been Professor of anti-submarine fight on Navy ships, and staff. He was Secretary of the Institute of History and Naval Culture. He has published several articles, and works related to naval topics such as Cruisers of Combat in Action (A vision of the Spanish maritime history, publications of the Navy service(Editorial Navantia).) He is author in this same publisher of War of the Pacific: the battle of Leyte Gulf and submarine war.