{"product_id":"central-pacific-campaigns-and-operations-including-the-gilbert-marshall-islands-campaign-and-the-occupation-of-the-marianas-1-june-1943-1-september-1-paperback","title":"Central Pacific Campaigns and Operations: Including the Gilbert-Marshall Islands Campaign and the Occupation of the Marianas 1 June 1943-1 September 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRay Merriam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerriam Press World War 2 History Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published as Chapters IX and X of \u003ci\u003eThe Campaigns of the Pacific War\u003c\/i\u003e as part of the USSBS series in 1946.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrimarily concerned with naval operations, including naval and land-based air operations, it covers both American and Japanese plans and operations in this theater of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of this work is composed of more than a dozen appendices, many of which are, or contain, extensive charts and tables of information, including orders of battle, strengths, casualties, losses, rosters, postwar question and answer historical interrogations, and translations of Japanese directives, operations orders, dispatches, reports, war diary excerpts, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVery important and useful source of highly detailed information.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Central Pacific Operations: From 1 June 1943 to 1 March 1944 Including the Gilbert-Marshall Islands Campaign\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 68: Strength of Opposing Ground Forces, Casualties and Japanese Garrison Strength in the Central Pacific\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 69: Extracts from Official Reports of the Imperial Japanese Government Concerning the Gilbert-Marshalls Campaign\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Central Pacific Campaign, 1 March to 1 September 1944, Including the Occupation of the Marianas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 71: Combined Fleet Ultrasecret Operation Order 73\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 72: Imperial Headquarters Directive 373\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 73: Combined Fleet Ultrasecret Dispatch 041213\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 74: United States Forces Involved\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 75: Chain of Command, Japanese Forces in Marianas-Carolines, 1 June 1944\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 76: Order of Battle, Defense Forces in Ogasawara-Marianas-Carolines, 1 June\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 77: 1 June 1944-Assigned Strength, Base Air Forces, Marianas and Carolines (No Army Air in Central Pacific)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 78: Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19-20 June 1944 Task Organization-First Mobile Fleet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 79: First Mobile Fleet Classified No. 1048 (5 September 1944): Detailed Battle Report of AGO Operations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 80: From the Files of the Navy Board of Merit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 81: Translation of Japanese Documents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 maps\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 appendices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47433872277682,"sku":"9781470040567","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/7d73e67b4cfd4cc972856ce26187ab33.webp?v=1778615968","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/central-pacific-campaigns-and-operations-including-the-gilbert-marshall-islands-campaign-and-the-occupation-of-the-marianas-1-june-1943-1-september-1-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}