Marines In World War Ii The Marshalls Increasing The Tempo Illustrated Edition

Author : Lieutenant Colonel R.D. Heinl Jr. USMC,Lieutenant Colonel John A. Crown
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892816

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Marines In World War II - The Marshalls: Increasing The Tempo [Illustrated Edition] by Lieutenant Colonel R.D. Heinl Jr. USMC,Lieutenant Colonel John A. Crown Pdf

This book tells the story of the Marines spearheading the thrust through the Japanese outer ring of defences and recounts the brutal and important island-hopping Pacific campaign at its most gripping following the bloodbath at Tarawa. Contains 97 photos and 16 maps and charts. “As 1943 drew to a close, Marines had retaken Tarawa and portions of the Solomons from the Japanese invader, but the formidable enemy bases studding the vast Pacific, bases which had been built during the preceding 25 years, were as yet untouched by our amphibious forces. In early 1944 the first penetration of this prewar enemy territory was accomplished with the assault and occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls in the Marshall Islands. These were quickly followed by the seizure of Eniwetok Atoll. The major role in these over-all operations was undertaken by Marine units working in close coordination with elements of the Army, Navy, and Coast Guard. That they acquitted themselves with distinction is reflected in the rapidity with which they accomplished their missions. Operations in the Marshall Islands clearly indicated that Japanese bases in the Central Pacific could be by-passed. The way was now open for the neutralization of Truk and the assault on the Marianas, the next great step in the drive toward Japan.”-LEMUEL C. SHEPHERD, JR., GENERAL, U. S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS

Author : Major Chas. S. Nichols Jr. USMC,Henry I. Shaw Jr.
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892892

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Marines In World War II - Okinawa: Victory In The Pacific [Illustrated Edition] by Major Chas. S. Nichols Jr. USMC,Henry I. Shaw Jr. Pdf

Contains 86 photos and 42 maps and charts. The story of part played by the United States Marines in the largest amphibious assault of the entire Pacific War during World War II. The battle lasted an exhausting and bloody 82 days from early April until mid-June 1945. The legendarily tough defence of the Japanese soldiers and citizens was matched by the American troops in the last major campaign that had led all the way from Pearl Harbor to the Home Islands of Japan. “After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi (550 km) away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland (coded Operation Downfall). Four divisions of the U.S. 10th Army (the 7th, 27th, 77th, and 96th) and two Marine Divisions (the 1st and 6th) fought on the island while the 2nd Marine Division remained as an amphibious reserve and was never brought ashore. The invasion was supported by naval, amphibious, and tactical air forces. The battle has been referred to as the "typhoon of steel" in English, and tetsu no ame ("rain of steel") or tetsu no bōfū ("violent wind of steel") in Japanese. The nicknames refer to the ferocity of the fighting, the intensity of kamikaze attacks from the Japanese defenders, and to the sheer numbers of Allied ships and armored vehicles that assaulted the island. The battle resulted in the highest number of casualties in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Japan lost over 100,000 soldiers, who were either killed, captured or committed suicide, and the Allies suffered more than 65,000 casualties of all kinds. Simultaneously, tens of thousands of local civilians were killed, wounded, or committed suicide. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused Japan to surrender less than two months after the end of the fighting at Okinawa.”-Wiki

Author : Philip A. Crowl,Edmund G. Love
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782894025

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United States Army in WWII - the Pacific - Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls by Philip A. Crowl,Edmund G. Love Pdf

[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 : Robert Debs Heinl (Jr.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:187044864

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The Marshalls by Robert Debs Heinl (Jr.) Pdf

Author : United States. Marine Corps,Robert Debs Heinl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : United States
ISBN : UIUC:30112055071523

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The Marshalls by United States. Marine Corps,Robert Debs Heinl Pdf

Author : Philip A. Crowl
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782894032

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United States Army in WWII - the Pacific - Campaign in the Marianas by Philip A. Crowl Pdf

[Includes 2 tables, 14 charts, 33 maps and 89 illustrations] In the capture of the southern Marianas during the summer of 1944, Army ground and air forces played an important, though subordinate, role to that of the Navy and its Marine Corps. Marine personnel constituted the bulk of the combat troops employed. The objective of this campaign was "to secure control of sea communications through the Central Pacific by isolating and neutralizing the Carolines and by the establishment of sea and air bases for operations against Japanese sea routes and long-range air attacks against the Japanese home land." Its success would provide steppingstones from which the Americans could threaten further attack westward toward the Philippines, Formosa, and Japan itself, and would gain bases from which the Army Air Forces’ new very long range bombers, the B-29’s, could strike at Japan’s heartland. Recognizing and accepting the challenge, the Japanese Navy suffered heavy and irreplaceable losses in the accompanying Battle of the Philippine Sea; and the islands after capture became the base for all the massive air attacks on Japan, beginning in Nov. 1944. In the operations described in the present volume, landings against strong opposition demonstrated the soundness of the amphibious doctrine and techniques evolved out of hard experience in preceding Pacific operations. Bitter inland fighting followed the landings, with Army and Marine Corps divisions engaged side by side. The author’s account and corresponding Marine Corps histories of these operations provide ample opportunity to study the differences in the fighting techniques of the two services. Dr. Crowl also deals frankly with one of the best-known controversies of World War II, that of Smith versus Smith, but concludes that it was the exception to generally excellent interservice co-operation.

Author : United States. Marine Corps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015021556660

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The Marshalls: Increasing the Tempo by United States. Marine Corps Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105118242291

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United States Army Combat Forces Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bernard C. Nalty
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0806131993

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War in the Pacific by Bernard C. Nalty Pdf

The collective effort of ten military historians describes World War II's Pacific campaign, describing each step of the conflict with clarity and in exhaustive detail. Color maps. Photos, many in color.

Author : United States. Navy Dept
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : United States
ISBN : UIUC:30112069816632

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United States Naval History by United States. Navy Dept Pdf

Author : United States. Department of the Navy. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : United States
ISBN : UCLA:L0052796034

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United States Naval History, Naval Biography, Naval Strategy and Tactics by United States. Department of the Navy. Library Pdf

Author : United States. Navy Department. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211338996

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United States Naval History by United States. Navy Department. Library Pdf

Author : United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval History Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Naval history
ISBN : SRLF:A0005471776

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United States Naval History, Naval Biography, Naval Strategy and Tactics by United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval History Division Pdf

Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Naval art and science
ISBN : UCAL:$B680148

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A Selected and Annotated Bibliography on United States Naval History by United States. Naval History Division Pdf

Author : United States. Department of the Navy. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : UOM:39015079627306

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United States Naval History by United States. Department of the Navy. Library Pdf