Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls June 1942 - April 1944

by Morison, Samuel Eliot

• ISBN13: 9780785813088
• ISBN10: 078581308X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Book Sales

Summary

This volume picks up operations in the Aleutians where they were broken off after the Battle of Midway and carries them through the capture of Attu and Kiska, including the Battle of Komandorskis. The two great amphibious operations covered in this volume are the recovery of the Gilbert Islands and the conquest of the Marshalls.

Author Biography

Samuel Eliot Morison, Professor Emeritus of American History at Harvard

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. xxiii
Introduction: Fast Carrier Operations, 1943-1945	p. xxvii
The Recovery of the Western Aleutians, June 1942-August 1943
Nine Months' Arctic Warfare, 15 June 1942-18 March 1943	p. 3
Aleutians Situation	p. 3
Bombardment of Kiska, 7 August	p. 9
Adak and Amchitka	p. 12
Bombardment of Attu, 18 February	p. 19
The Battle of the Komandorski Islands, 26 March 1943	p. 22
Attu Regained, April-May 1943	p. 37
Preparations and Approach	p. 37
The Landings, 11 May	p. 41
One Week's Struggle	p. 44
The Final Assault, 19-29 May	p. 49
The Aleutians Secured, May-October 1943	p. 52
Airfields and S-boats	p. 52
Concentrating on Kiska	p. 54
A Slick Evacuation, 28 July	p. 56
Bootless Bombardment and Bloodless Occupation	p. 61
Aleutians Secured	p. 65
The Gilbert Islands Recovered (Operation "Galvanic")
Plans and Preparations	p. 69
The Spider's Web	p. 69
Micronesia in Pacific Strategy	p. 79
Organization and Training	p. 85
Preliminary Operations	p. 92
Fast Carrier Strikes, 1 September-6 October
Baker Island Reoccupied
Photographic Reconnaissance
Logistics Afloat in the Pacific	p. 100
Organization and Approach, November 1943	p. 114
Makin, 19-29 November 1943	p. 121
Plan and Initial Landings	p. 121
Lagoon Landings	p. 127
Makin Taken	p. 132
Japanese Reaction and Counterattack, October-November 1943	p. 136
Tarawa, 19-23 November 1943	p. 146
The Japanese Defensive System on Betio	p. 146
Plan, Leaders, Approach	p. 149
Betio Assaulted, 20 November	p. 156
"Issue in Doubt"	p. 163
Betio Secured	p. 172
Tarawa and Abemama Secured, 24-27 November 1943	p. 175
Bairiki to Buariki	p. 175
Abemama	p. 179
Conclusions and Casualties	p. 182
Scouting Submarines and Carrier Strikes, 13 November-8 December 1943	p. 187
Loss of Corvina and Sculpin	p. 187
Strikes on Kwajalein and Nauru, 4-8 December	p. 189
The Conquest of the Marshalls
Getting Set for the Marshalls, June-December 1943	p. 201
Which Marshalls?	p. 201
Amphtracs and Logistics	p. 208
Air and Submarine Preparation	p. 211
Enemy Preparations	p. 222
Majuro, 31 January-8 February 1944	p. 225
Kwajalein (Operation "Flintlock"), 31 January-7 February 1944	p. 230
The Atoll, the Plan and the Approach	p. 230
Initial Landings in the North, 31 January	p. 236
Roi and Namur, 31 January-2 February	p. 240
The Southern Attack Force	p. 251
Initial Landings in the South, 31 January-2 February	p. 253
The Assault on Kwajalein Island, 1-6 February	p. 257
Ebeye and Minor Islets, 2-6 February	p. 272
Conclusion and Comment	p. 278
Eniwetok (Operation "Catchpole"), 31 January-4 March 1944	p. 282
Preliminaries	p. 282
Engebi, 17-18 February	p. 288
Eniwetok Island, 19-23 February	p. 294
Parry, 19-23 February	p. 300
Marshalls' Mop-up, February-June 1944	p. 305
Development of Bases	p. 305
Neutralizing Enemy-held Atolls	p. 307
Occupation of Minor Atolls	p. 310
First Strike on Truk (Operation "Hailstone"), 17-18 February 1944	p. 315
Forces Engaged in the Capture of Attu (Operation "Landcrab"), 11-29 May 1943	p. 333
Forces Engaged in Gilbert Islands Operation (Operation "Galvanic"), 10 November-10 December 1943	p. 336
Forces Engaged in Marshall Islands (Operations "Flintlock" and "Catchpole"), 29 January-23 February 1944	p. 343
Forces Engaged in Strike on Truk, 17-18 February 1944	p. 352
Index	p. 355
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