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Page 475
... operations , little could be done in the Central and North Pacific after the Battle of Midway . Admiral Nimitz ' operations for the rest of 1942 had therefore been limited to submarine warfare and raids on Japanese island bases by air ...
... operations , little could be done in the Central and North Pacific after the Battle of Midway . Admiral Nimitz ' operations for the rest of 1942 had therefore been limited to submarine warfare and raids on Japanese island bases by air ...
Page 500
... operations , ( 3 ) mobile logistics , and ( 4 ) antisubmarine warfare . The development that overshadowed all others was the task force system whereby both carrier and amphibious operations were conducted in the Pacific . Also of major ...
... operations , ( 3 ) mobile logistics , and ( 4 ) antisubmarine warfare . The development that overshadowed all others was the task force system whereby both carrier and amphibious operations were conducted in the Pacific . Also of major ...
Page 507
... operations that proceeded according to schedule , Luftwaffe air transport machinery worked well , as was demon- strated in the employment of air - dropped and air- landed troops in Norway and the Netherlands in 1940 and in the capture ...
... operations that proceeded according to schedule , Luftwaffe air transport machinery worked well , as was demon- strated in the employment of air - dropped and air- landed troops in Norway and the Netherlands in 1940 and in the capture ...
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