Weather as the decisive factor of the Aleutian Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943.

• Main Author: Wilder, Carol A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Fort Leavenworth, KS : US Army Command and General Staff College 1993
• Subjects: Aleutian Campaign; Weather; Climate; Dutch Harbor; Japanese Armed Forces; Island warfare; Cold weather operations; Joint operations; Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Kiska; Attu; Amphibious operations; North Pacific; World War; 1939-1945; World War II; WWII; Army Air Force; United States Navy; Pacific; Archipelago
• Online Access: http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll2/id/551

This study is an examination of historical data to determine if weather was the decisive factor of the Aleutian Campaign. The campaign was carried out early in World War II along the over 1,000 miles of the Archipelago. Island warfare made joint operations a necessity. Weather conditions disrupted a...