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Summary:

"On November 20, 1943, the U.S. military invaded the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands as part of the first American offensive in the Central Pacific region during World War II. This invasion marked more than one first, as it was also the introductory test of a doctrine developed during the interwar years to address problems inherent in situations in which amphibious assaults required support by naval gunfire rather than land-based artillery. In this detailed study, Donald K. Mitchener documents and analyzes the prewar development of this doctrine as well as its application and evolution between the years 1943-1945. The historical consensus is that the test at Tawara was successful and increased the efficiency with which U.S. forces were able to apply the doctrine in the Pacific theater for the remainder of the Second World War. Mitchener challenges this view, arguing that the reality was much more complex. He reveals that strategic concerns often took precedence over the lessons learned in the initial engagement, and that naval planners' failure to stay up to date with the latest doctrinal developments and applications sometimes led them to ignore these lessons altogether. U.S. Naval Gunfire Support in the Pacific War presents an important analysis that highlights the human cost of misinterpreting strategic and tactical realities"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Why naval gunfire support?
• Doctrine, the tentative manual, and FTP 167
• Operation Galvanic
• Operation Flintlock
• Operation Forager
• Operation Stalemate II
• Operation Detachment
• Conclusions.

Author/Creator:

Mitchener, Donald K. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

U.S. naval gunfire support in the Pacific war: a study of the development and application of doctrine [by Mitchener, D.K.]

Related Series:

New perspectives on the Second World War

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Pacific Area

Naval gunnery — Case studies

Military doctrine — United States — Case studies

World War, 1939-1945 — Naval operations, American

World War, 1939-1945 — Amphibious operations

Military campaigns

Military doctrine

Military operations, Naval — American

Naval gunnery

Pacific Area

United States

World War (1939-1945)

1939-1945

Genres:

Case studies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

ix, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

D767.9 .M57 2021

ISBNs:

9781949668124 (hardcover)
1949668126 (hardcover)
9781949668148 (electronic book) [Invalid]
9781949668131 (electronic publication) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2021023178

OCLC Numbers:

1190849405