An edition of Pearl to V-J Day
(2000)
Pearl to V-J Day
World War II in the Pacific : a symposium
by Jacob Neufeld
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword iii
Grand Strategy in the Pacific War
Crerhard L. Weinberg 1
Joint Operations
Walter S. Poole 15
The Island Campaign
Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Simmons, USMC (Ret.) 25
Intelligence Methodologies in the Pacific War
John Prados 45
The Sea War against Japan
William S. Dudley 53
Military Technology and the Pacific War
Richard P. Hallion 69
Strategic Intelligence and War Termination
Edward J. Drea 91
Revolutionizing Submarine Warfare
Rear Mm. Eugene B. Fluckey, USN (Ret.) 103
The Strategic Air War against Japan
William M. Leary 113
The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
Theodore H.McNelly 131
Panelists 171
Notes 175
Bibliography 189
Photographs
Japanese invasion of China 3
Triumphant Japanese soldiers, China 4
Ledo Road, Burma 8
Photographs
Casablanca Conference 11
General MacArthur, President Roosevelt, and Admiral Nimitz. ... 17
(General Eisenhower and Lt. General Spaatz 21
General MacArthur 26
Admiral Halsey and Vice Adm. Spruance 28
Marines on Betio in the Tarawa atoll 30
Admiral Nimitz at a press conference 32
Flag-raising on Iwo Jima 35
Battle on Okinawa 37
Victory on Okinawa 39
U.S. Marine mass grave, Iwo Jima 41
Battleship Row under Japanese aerial attack, Pearl Harbor 42
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu, Battle of Midway 49
Japan-bound Tokyo Raiders 55
Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho, Battle of the Coral Sea 57
Pacific Ocean commanders, Saipan 59
Japanese military base, Marcus Island 60
Japanese torpedo bomber exploding, Kwajalein 62
USS Yorktown, Battle of Midway 64
ght deck of USS Hornet 72
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 73
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated B-24 Liberator ... 74
Amphibious LCVP, Leyte, Philippine Islands 75
Amphibious LCM, Kiska, Alaska 76
Amphibious LVTs, Okinawa 77
North American B-25 Mitchells, Indochina 78
Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero "Zeke" 79
Grumman F6F Hellcat 80
Lockheed P-38Lightning 81
Amphibious DUKW, Guam 82
Amphibious LSTs and LSMs, Okinawa 83
Photographs
Barrage rockets firing fi'om amphibious LSM 84
Kamikaze attack on USS Missouri 85
U.S. Army Air Forces intelligence gatherer 93
Japanese Ohka suicide bomb 95
Japanese "Val" dive-bombers 97
Japanese soldier in jungle hideout 99
U.S. Navy Gato/Balao Class submarine 105
Mark XVIII electric torpedo 107
Sinking Japanese ship through U.S. Navy periscope 109
B-29 bombing of Showa Steel Works, China 116
General Henry "Hap" Arnold 117
B-29s dropping bombs 118
Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando over Himalayan "Himip" 119
Brig. General James Doolittle being honored for Tokyo Raid .... 120
Maj. General Curtis LeMay and Brig. General Haywood Hansell. 121
Isley Field, Saipan 122
Japanese aerial attack on XXI Bomber Command 123
Tokyo, Japan after incendiary bombing 124
Kobe, Japan under incendiary bombing 125
Bombed Mitsubishi aircraft assembly plant, Nagoya, Japan 126
Bombed crude oil refinery, Toyama, Japan 127
President Truman prior to departure for Potsdam Conference . . 141
B-29 Enola Gay 142
Plutonium bomb, Fat Man type 145
Atom bomb exploding over Nagasaki, Japan 146
Battle scene, Numfoor Island 149
Kamikaze damage to U.S. Navy carrier 150
Japanese delegation to surrender ceremony 153
Gen. MacArthur signing Japanese surrender document 154
Gen. MacArthur and Japanese Emperor Hirohito 157
United States Military Cemetery, Yokohama, Japan 158
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