If Mahan Ran the Great Pacific War: An Analysis of World War II Naval Strategy

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INDEX Abe, Hiroaki, 159–160 Admiralty Islands, 180, 211, 254 “Advanced Base Force Operations in Micronesia ” (Ellis), 29 aerial search procedures, 281 Agawa, Hiroyuke, 57 A-Go, Plan, 266–267, 278 Aima, Capt., 147 Air Corps Tactical School, 400 aircraft, naval: correlation of forces, 21– 22, 178, 218; development of, 16–17; effectiveness of, 17–19, 251, 380 aircraft carriers. See carriers Akagi, 21, 70; at Midway, 121 Akiyama, Shinshi, 8 Albacore, 284 Aleutian diversion, 114 Alsop, Joseph, 88 amphibious landing operations: development of, 29–30, 220; Guadalcanal, 137; interdicting, 366; plans for, 32–33 anti-air defenses, 401, 405, 408 Antietam, 24 anti-merchant shipping strategy, 32, 364– 365, 367–378 Arizona, 69 armor plating, 2 Army, Japanese. See Japanese Army Army Air Force strategy, 206 Arnold, Henry: bombing of Japan, 95, 206, 379–380; and Iwo Jima, 386; on Pearl Harbor, 82 Atago, 336 atomic bomb, 408–409, 412–415 Australia: Japanese plans, 100, 104–105, 107, 125–126; as objective, 93, 95; 7th division, 162 B-17 bomber, 31, 197, 401 B-24 bomber, 31 B-29 bomber: Arnold in command of, 386; effectiveness, 401–406; and Iwo Jima, 388; in Marianas, 300, 305; minelaying , 407; strategic value of, 260–261 Note: Page numbers in italics indicate information contained in maps or tables. Country affiliations of military units or operations are indicated by (J) and (U.S.). Balakpapan oil complex, 86–87 Barbey, Daniel E., 186, 319 bases, naval, 7 Bataan, 24 Bataan death march, 361 Bataan Peninsula, 27, 90–91 battleships, in combat operations, 15, 17 Belleau Wood, 24, 178 Bennington, 24 Bereton, Lewis, 88 Betio Island, 227, 228–229 Biak Island, 269–271 Bikini Atoll, 395 Bismark Sea, 389 Bismark Sea, Battle of the, 196–198 blockade of Japan: mine-laying, 407; vs. invasion, 260–261, 300, 374–375, 380, 396 Bluemel, Clifford, 90 Bogan, Gerald F., 339–340 bombardment, aerial, of Japan: bases needed, 300; considered, 408–409, 412; high-altitude difficulties, 379– 380; implementation of, 399–406; long-range heavy bombers, 26; plans for, 95, 206 Bon Homme Richard, 24 Bonaparte, Napoleon, 6 Borneo, 361, 374 Bose, Subhas, 127 Bougainville, 235, 236–244 Boxer, 24 Brooke, Sir Alan, 213 Brown, Wilson, 107–108 Browning, Miles, 194, 195 Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 391, 392 Bulkey, John D., 90 Buna, 162, 163 Bunker Hill, 24, 178, 285 Burke, Arleigh, 4, 341 Butaritari islet, 228 Cabot, 24 Cairo Conference, 214–215 Calhoun, W. L., 258 Callaghan, Daniel, 158, 159 Cape Esperance, Battle of, 160–161 Carney, Robert, 308, 340 Carolines, 216, 220 Carrier Division 3 (J), 277 Carrier Division 5 (J): at Coral Sea, 108, 110–113 carriers: battle-fleet tactics with, 21–22, 233–234; correlation of forces, 20–21, 177–182, 178; as “ship of the line,” 32; superiority of, in operations, 15–20; wartime construction, 23, 24 Cartwheel plan, 211, 213, 252–255, 253 Casablanca Conference, 172–177 Celebes Island, 86 “center of gravity,” 9–10 Centrifugal Offensive (J), 57–60, 368 Ceylon, 127 Chandler, Albert, 187–188 Cheek, Mike, 341–342 Chiang Kai-shek, 206, 208, 214 Chichi Jima, 276 Chichibu, Prince, 296 Chihaya, Masataka, 9 Chikuma, 156 China: Japan reassigns troops from, 165; Japanese expansion into, 37, 43, 44; possible U.S. landings, 302–303, 304– 305; role in fighting Japan, 205–208, 214 Chitose, 267 Chuyo, 23 Clark, J. J., 280, 350 Clark Field, 90 Clausewitz, Carl von, 9 code breakers, 109–110, 116–117, 118 Collier, James V., 90 COMAIRSOLS, 202 combat power, 14 command of the sea, 4–5 commercial shipping, war against, 4 Connolly, Richard, 247, 250, 294 Cooke, Charles M., 187, 194, 208, 302 Coral Sea, 24 Coral Sea, Battle of the, 106–113 correlation of forces, 14 Cowpens, 24, 178 Cox, Harris, 341 cruisers, Japanese, 32 Index 448 Crutchley, Rear Adm., 138 cryptanalysis. See Ultra code breaking Dauntless bomber, 17 Devastator bomber, 16–17 Doolittle, James, raid of, 96–98 Dutch East Indies, 85–87 Eastern Solomons, Battle of the, 144–149, 145, 167 Eichelberger, Robert, 163 Eighth Army (U.S.), 360 8th Air Force (U.S.), 390 8th Area Army (J), 216 8th Fleet (J), 239 11th Air Fleet, 217, 223 Elkton plan, 190–192, 194, 252–255, 253 Ellis, Earl Hancock, 29 Empress Augusta Bay, Battle of, 238, 239– 240 England: 1778–1782 naval war, 2–3 England, 367 Eniwetok Atoll, 247, 248–249 Enterprise: Doolittle...