The Rising Sun in the Pacific 1931 - April 1942

by Morison, Samuel Eliot

• ISBN13: 9780785813040
• ISBN10: 0785813047
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Book Sales

Summary

The first and second volumes of this comprehensive history of the Navy's part in World War II covered operations in the Atlantic from September 1939 to June 1943. Volume Three is the first book on the war in the Pacific, that major testing ground which proved the ability of U.S. Naval forces to come back from disaster and eventually achieve far-flung objectives.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Abbreviations Used in Text	xxvii
PART 1 PANAY THROUGH PEARL
Hakko Ichiu, 1920--1940	3	(16)
The Background	3	(3)
The Army and Japanese Policy	6	(4)
Kodo-Ha and the ``Manchuria Incident''	10	(2)
From Incident to Incident, 1935--1937	12	(4)
The Sinking of Panay, 12 December 1937	16	(3)
The Two Navies, 1931--1941	19	(16)
The Imperial Japanese Navy	19	(8)
The United States Navy in the Pacific	27	(8)
Greater East Asia, 1938--1940	35	(13)
Moral Embargo and Southward Swing	35	(5)
Effects of the European War in the Pacific	40	(8)
Last Year of ``Peace'' in East Asia, October 1940--November 1941	48	(32)
Staff Conversations and the Basic Strategic Decision	48	(8)
Naval Movements	56	(2)
Economic Sanctions	58	(4)
The Impact of Oil	62	(2)
The Final Negotiations	64	(16)
The Attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941	80	(69)
The Plan, January-November 1941	80	(8)
Outward Passage	88	(7)
The Advance Expeditionary Force	95	(3)
The Air Strikes of 7 December	98	(29)
The Surprise
Attacks on Battleship Row
Northwest of Ford Island
At the Navy Yard
On Airfields and Air Stations
Conclusion
Responsibility and Repair	127	(22)
PART II THE PHILIPPINES AND NEAR-BY WATERS
The Rising Cloud, 1940--1941	149	(15)
Plans, Preparations and Personalities	149	(8)
Composition and Deployment of Naval Forces	157	(7)
American (as of 8 December 1941)
Japanese (as of 8--15 December 1941)
Invasion, 8--15 December 1941	164	(20)
The Japanese Plan	164	(4)
Air Preliminaries	168	(6)
Initial Landings	174	(4)
Line Drive	178	(6)
Fall of Guam, 10 December 1941	184	(3)
Landings in Malaya, 8--25 December 1941	187	(6)
Rear Guard in the Philippines, 10 December 1941--6 May 1942	193	(16)
Navy Bombed Out, 10--26 December	193	(5)
Navy at Bataan, 26 December 1941--11 March 1942	198	(5)
All Gone	203	(6)
PART III OUT FROM PEARL 7 December 1941--4 March 1942
Pearl Aftermath, 7--15 December 1941	209	(14)
Balance of Forces	209	(5)
The Search	214	(4)
The Strategic Situation	218	(5)
Wake, 8--23 December 1941	223	(32)
Island Outpost	223	(6)
The First Japanese Attack, 8--11 December	229	(6)
The Abortive Relief Expedition, 14--23 December	235	(9)
The Second Japanese Attack, 20--23 December	244	(5)
Recall and Surrender	249	(6)
Communications and Carrier Strikes, January-March 1942	255	(16)
Enter Nimitz	255	(4)
Strikes and Counterstrikes	259	(12)
PART IV DEFENSE OF THE MALAY BARRIER January-March 1942
The Abda Command	271	(9)
Composition of Allied Forces	271	(2)
Japanese Naval Forces in Southwest Pacific Operations	273	(4)
Consolidation in Java	277	(3)
Balikpapan, 6--24 January 1942	280	(12)
Moves and Countermoves	280	(3)
Landing at Balikpapan	283	(2)
Night Action off Balikpapan, 24 January	285	(7)
The Octopus, January-February 1942	292	(22)
Clutching Tentacles	292	(6)
The Ordeal of Marblehead	298	(5)
Submarines at Surabaya	303	(2)
Courage and Caution	305	(6)
Reorganized upon the Floor	311	(3)
Prelude to Invasion of Java, 15--27 February 1942	314	(28)
Timor Lost, Darwin Bombed, Bali Occupied	314	(7)
Strike on Badung Strait, 18--20 February	321	(9)
The Logistics of Retreat	330	(2)
Composition of Forces	332	(3)
Japanese Movements, 18--25 February	335	(1)
Abda Disintegrating, 20--26 February	336	(2)
Searching for Invasion Forces, 25--27 February	338	(4)
The Battle of the Java Sea, 27 February 1942	342	(17)
The Enemy Encountered, 1525--1612	342	(1)
The First Hour of Battle, 1616--1715	343	(4)
The Second Hour of Battle, 1715--1808	347	(4)
Desdiv 58 Attacks, 1809--1830	351	(2)
Defeat, 1830--2400	353	(6)
Bloody Sequel, 27 February--9 March 1942	359	(22)
Loss of Langley, 27 February	359	(4)
The Battle of Sunda Strait, 28 February--1 March	363	(7)
Finis the Striking Force	370	(5)
Abda Falls Apart	375	(2)
Evacuation and Surrender	377	(4)
Events in the Indian Ocean, 25 March--8 April 1942	381	(6)
First Light, 10 March--18 April 1942	387	(12)
Wilson Brown's Transmontane Raid, 10 March	387	(2)
The Halsey-Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, 18 April	389	(10)
Index	399