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Activity: RADAR: Innovating Naval Warfare | Handouts
Map, Major Operations of World War Two in the Pacific TheaterUnited States Military Academy at West Point
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leet’s
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apan
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me to
a ha
lt with
the A
meric
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ctorie
s at th
e Ba
ttle of
the C
oral
Sea (
May 1
942)
and t
he Ba
ttle of
Midw
ay (J
une 1
942).
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E TW
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e sec
ond p
hase
was
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f a re
alativ
e stal
emate
. Fro
m Ju
ne 19
42 un
til lat
e 194
3, ne
ither
side c
ould
muste
r the
land
, sea
or ai
r req
uired
to ta
ke th
eoff
ensiv
e and
seize
d the
initia
tive f
rom
the ot
her.
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ttle of
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dal C
anal
is a g
ood e
xamp
le of
this s
talem
ate.
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E FOU
RDu
ring t
he la
ter st
ages
of th
e war
the ar
my Ai
r For
ce, o
perat
ing fr
om th
eMa
riana
Islan
ds an
d flyin
g the
B-29
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rfortr
ess,
had b
egun
to fir
e bom
bthe
citie
s of J
apan
. The
se ra
ids cu
lmina
ted w
ith th
e dro
ping o
f the a
tomic
bomb
s at H
irosh
ima o
n 6 Au
gust
1945
and N
agas
aki th
ree da
ys la
ter. J
apan
surre
ndere
d to t
he Al
lies o
n 2 Se
ptemb
er 19
45.
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E THR
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e thir
d pha
se fr
om m
id 19
43 to
Septe
mber
1945
, can
be ch
aracte
rized
as
the pe
riod o
f Allie
d ofen
sives
. Two
drive
s were
unde
r Ame
rican
contr
ol;
Gene
ral M
acAr
thur’s
South
west
Pacifi
c cam
paign
and A
dmira
l Nim
itz’s C
entra
lPa
cific c
ampa
ign. M
acAr
thur’s
drive
was
a se
ries o
f arm
y amp
hibiou
s op
eratio
ns up
the S
olomo
n Isla
nd ch
ain an
d alon
g the
north
ern co
ast o
f New
Guine
a, wi
th the
Philip
pine I
sland
s as t
he ul
timate
objec
tive.
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itz’s s
trateg
ywa
s des
igned
to m
ove d
irectl
y tow
ards J
apan
and d
raw th
e Imp
erial
Navy
into a
decis
ive fle
et en
gage
ment
as ha
ppen
d at th
e Batt
les of
the P
hilipn
e Sea
(June
1944
) and
Leyte
Gulf
(Octo
ber 1
944).
Mac
Arthu
r’s an
d Nim
itz’s
camp
aigns
merg
ed in
to on
e for
the i
nvas
ion of
the P
hilipp
ines.
After
ward
s the
Centr
al Pa
cific c
ampa
ign co
ntinu
ed w
ith th
e inv
asion
s of Iw
o Jim
a and
Ok
inawa
.
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