Seizure Of The Gilberts And Marshalls

Author : Philip Axtell Crowl
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Total Pages : 430 pages
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Download or read book Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls written by Philip Axtell Crowl and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study in amphibious warfare that describes how the imperfections of American amphibious doctrine, first revealed at Tarawa and Makin, were corrected in the highly successful landings on Kwajalein and Roi-Namur.

Author : Author Edmund G Love
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781515082583
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls written by Author Edmund G Love and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Includes Maps) "Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls" deals with amphibious warfare as waged by American forces against the Japanese-held atolls of the Central Pacific during World War II. The word amphibious, as here used, includes the landing and supply of troops in combat as well as the air and naval support of the operations. The atoll operations described in this volume were amphibious from beginning to end. They were not simple seaborne hit-and-run raids of the Dieppe type. The objective was to secure the atolls as steppingstones to the next advance. The islands were relatively small, permitting continual naval and air support of the ground operations. Some outstanding examples of the co-ordination of fire support by artillery, naval gunfire, and air are found in this book. The advantages of simple plans and the disadvantages of the more complicated will stand out for the careful reader. The story of the capture of these atolls of Micronesia offers some of the best examples of combined operations that are available in the annals of modern war. Ground, sea, and air components were always present, and the effectiveness with which they were combined and co-ordinated accounts in large measure for the rapid success enjoyed in these instances by American arms. Units of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps were active participants in the operations and the role they played is treated in this volume as fully as is considered appropriate in a series devoted to the history of the U.S. Army in World War II. From the point of view of strategy, the significance of this volume lies in the fact that it tells the story of the beginnings of the drive across the Central Pacific toward the Japanese homeland. This concept of defeating Japan by pushing directly westward from Hawaii through the island bases of the mid-Pacific was traditional in American strategic thinking, but had never been put to test and was seriously challenged in some quarters. As is shown here, the test was first made in the campaigns against the Gilberts and Marshalls, the outcome was successful, and the experience gained was of inestimable value in planning for the subsequent conduct of the war in the Pacific.

Author : Philip Axtell Crowl
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Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls written by Philip Axtell Crowl and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Axtell Crowl
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ISBN 13 : 9780758173836
Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls written by Philip Axtell Crowl and published by . This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip A. Crowl
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Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls written by Philip A. Crowl and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Axtell Crowl
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Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls written by Philip Axtell Crowl and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip A. Crowl
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782894020
Total Pages : 428 pages
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Download or read book United States Army in WWII - the Pacific - Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls written by Philip A. Crowl and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Includes 4 tables, 3 charts, 27 maps and 90 illustrations] Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls deals with amphibious warfare as waged by American forces against the Japanese-held atolls of the Central Pacific during World War II... The atoll operations described in this volume were amphibious from beginning to end. They were not simple seaborne hit-and-run raids of the Dieppe type. The objective was to secure the atolls as steppingstones to the next advance. The islands were relatively small, permitting continual naval and air support of the ground operations. Some outstanding examples of the co-ordination of fire support by artillery, naval gunfire, and air are found in this book. The advantages of simple plans and the disadvantages of the more complicated will stand out for the careful reader. The story of the capture of these atolls of Micronesia offers some of the best examples of combined operations that are available in the annals of modern war. Ground, sea, and air components were always present, and the effectiveness with which they were combined and co-ordinated accounts in large measure for the rapid success enjoyed in these instances by American arms. From the point of view of strategy, the significance of this volume lies in the fact that it tells the story of the beginnings of the drive across the Central Pacific toward the Japanese homeland. This concept of defeating Japan by pushing directly westward from Hawaii through the island bases of the mid-Pacific was traditional in American strategic thinking, but had never been put to test and was seriously challenged in some quarters. As is shown here, the test was first made in the campaigns against the Gilberts and Marshalls, the outcome was successful, and the experience gained was of inestimable value in planning for the subsequent conduct of the war in the Pacific.

Author : Burton Wright III
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160882623
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eastern Mandates written by Burton Wright III and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1993 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CMH 72-23. Provides one in a series of 40 illustrated brochures that describe the campaigns in which U.S. Army troops participated during the war. Each brochure describes the strategic setting, traces the operations of the major American units involved, and analyzes the impact of the campaign on future operations. Other Related Publications: United States Army and World War 2: European, Mediterranean, Middle East Theaters of Operations (CD-ROM) is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00376-7 Tunisia: The Army Campaigns of World War II -Print Paperback Pamphlet format -is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00261-2 World War II resources collection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/battles-wars/world-war-ii Other publications produced by the US Army, Center of Military History (CMH) can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/1061

Author : Philip A. Crowl
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160018916
Total Pages : 430 pages
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Download or read book United States Army in World War 2, War in the Pacific, Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls written by Philip A. Crowl and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CMH Pub 5-6. United States Army in World War 2. Covers the landings at Tarawa, Makin, Kwajalein, and Roi-Namur.

Author : Ronald H. Spector
Publisher : Free Press
ISBN 13 : 1982135239
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eagle Against the Sun written by Ronald H. Spector and published by Free Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The best book by far on the Pacific War” (The New York Times Book Review), this classic one-volume history of World War II in the Pacific draws on declassified intelligence files; British, American, and Japanese archival material; and military memoirs to provide a stunning and complete history of the conflict. This “superbly readable, insightful, gripping” (Washington Post Book World) contribution to WWII history combines impeccable research with electrifying detail and offers provocative interpretations of this brutal forty-four-month struggle. Author and historian Ronald H. Spector reassesses US and Japanese strategy and shows that the dual advance across the Pacific by MacArthur and Nimitz was more a pragmatic solution to bureaucratic, doctrinal, and public relations problems facing the Army and Navy than a strategic calculation. He also argues that Japan made its fatal error not in the Midway campaign but in abandoning its offensive strategy after that defeat and allowing itself to be drawn into a war of attrition. Spector skillfully takes us from top-secret strategy meetings in Washington, London, and Tokyo to distant beaches and remote Asian jungles with battle-weary GIs. He reveals that the US had secret plans to wage unrestricted submarine warfare against Japan months before Pearl Harbor and shows that MacArthur and his commanders ignored important intercepts of Japanese messages that would have saved thousands of lives in Papua and Leyte. Throughout, Spector contends that American decisions in the Pacific War were shaped more often by the struggles between the British and the Americans, and between the Army and the Navy, than by strategic considerations. Spector vividly recreates the major battles, little-known campaigns, and unfamiliar events leading up to the deadliest air raid ever, adding a new dimension to our understanding of the American war in the Pacific and the people and forces that determined its outcome.