Reprint of undated work from the Office of the Chief of Military History. Discusses the strategy employed in the defeat of Japan. Gives an overview of the seeds of conflict and strategy and the pre-war policy. Also gives details regarding preparing for coalition warfare and the strategy of friendly neutrality, the first two years and the strategy of adjustment and the long-range plan and the commitment to total war. Finally, it looks at the last two years of war and reaching the final decisions and summarizes with a reflection and appraisal.
Reprint of undated work from the Office of the Chief of Military History. Discusses the strategy employed in the defeat of Japan. Gives an overview of...
Hugh C. Gardner Office of the Chief of Military History
Originally published in 1962. Discusses guerrilla and counter guerrilla warfare during World War II. Covers invasion and resistance from 1940-1942, early operations and liaison with the British, new missions and attempts at unification, reorganization and reprisals and guerrilla and counter guerrilla operations during 1944.
Originally published in 1962. Discusses guerrilla and counter guerrilla warfare during World War II. Covers invasion and resistance from 1940-1942, ea...
In measuring the results of air interdiction, the ideal source of damage information is a timely ground reconnaissance of target areas after strike. The effect of this damage is best seen by obtaining objective enemy assessments of the impact the damage had on enemy capabilities, plans, and operations. When this ideal method of measurement cannot be employed, as in the Korean War, the effectiveness of air interdiction must be weighted on less reliable scales. Damage information comes from after-strike photographic interpretation, aerial observer reports, claims by pilots of striking aircraft,...
In measuring the results of air interdiction, the ideal source of damage information is a timely ground reconnaissance of target areas after strike. T...