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The Evolution of Warfare

The Evolution of Warfare. The Second World War: The Pacific Major Joel B. Turk MOI. Reading Assignment. Preston and Wise, Men in Arms , Ch. 18, pp. 311-330 Weigley, The American Way of War , Ch. 13, pp. 269-311. Learning Objectives. Know and review Japanese strategy in the Pacific

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The Evolution of Warfare

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  1. The Evolution of Warfare The Second World War: The Pacific Major Joel B. Turk MOI

  2. Reading Assignment • Preston and Wise, Men in Arms, Ch. 18, pp. 311-330 • Weigley, The American Way of War, Ch. 13, pp. 269-311

  3. Learning Objectives • Know and review Japanese strategy in the Pacific • Comprehend and assess the impact of Pearl Harbor on American political and military thinking • Know and trace the development of the dual American command system in the Pacific • Comprehend and evaluate the island-hopping campaign in bringing about Japan’s defeat • Know and review the American decision to employ the atomic bomb and assess its impact on Japan’s acceptance of unconditional surrender

  4. Background • Japanese - 1931 • 1937 • September 1940 • Continued Japanese Expansion • Netherlands, East Indies (Indonesia), Singapore, and the surrounding British-Owned Malaya, Thailand, the Philippines, and Hong Kong

  5. Japanese Strategy in the Pacific • Industrial Strength and Resources • Offensive-Defensive Strategic Concept

  6. Japanese Plan: 3 Phases • Phase 1: Neutralize the U.S. Pacific Fleet • Phase 2: Consolidate and Strengthen the Perimeter • Phase 3: Defeat and Destroy any Allied Efforts

  7. Pearl Harbor Impact • Political • The Isolationists • Racism • Hitler’s Declaring War on the U.S.

  8. U.S. Military • The Army and Navy • Admiral Nimitz Replaced Admiral Kimmel • The Carrier Task Force Concept

  9. American Dual Command System • The Joint Chiefs of Staff • The problems were complex • The Joint Chiefs, Adm King and Gen Marshall • Two Theater Commands • Adm C.W. Nimitz • Gen D.A. MacArthur

  10. Coral Sea (May, 1942) • The Japanese • The Japanese Plan • The American Plan

  11. Midway (June 1942) • Japanese Objectives • The Logistical Advantage • Nimitz • Yamamoto • The Tide Turns

  12. “Twin Drives” Across the Pacific • Gen MacArthur Takes the Low Road • Adm Nimitz and his Navy-Marine Corps Team take the High Road

  13. New Weapons’ Impact • The B-29 • The Submarine • The Atomic Bomb

  14. Next Session Learning Objectives • Comprehend and explain the proposition that preparation for nuclear war left the United States unprepared to deter a limited war • Know and describe the United Nations response to the invasion of South Korea in terms of the perceived monolithic nature of communism • Comprehend and evaluate the Inchon Landing as a deterrent to the military stalemate in Korea • Comprehend the significance of the Truman-MacArthur controversy

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