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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Mitchener, Donald K.
Titre(s) : U.S. naval gunfire support in the Pacific war [Texte imprimé] : a study of the development and application of doctrine / Donald K. Mitchener
Publication : Lexington (Ky.) : The University Press of Kentucky, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-303 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : New perspectives on the Second World War
Lien à la collection : New perspectives on the Second World War
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 277-279. Notes bibliogr. index
"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"
Sujet(s) : Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Opérations militaires -- Pacifique (océan)
Artillerie navale -- États-Unis -- 1900-1945
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Opérations navales américaines -- Pacifique (océan)
Indice(s) Dewey :
940.537 3 (23e éd.) = Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Participation des États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781949668124 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47030566c
Notice n° :
FRBNF47030566
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Why naval gunfire support? ; Doctrine, the tentative manual, and FTP 167 ; Operation
Galvanic ; Operation Flintlock ; Operation Forager ; Operation Stalemate II ;
Operation Detachment ; Conclusions.
