Aleutian Islands campaign: the strengths and weaknesses of its planning process and execution.

• Main Author: Easley, Jeremy
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Fort Leavenworth, KS : US Army Command and General Staff College 2014
• Subjects: Aleutian Islands; Military planning; Campaigns; Military; United States Army Alaska Defense Command; World War; 1939-1945; World War Two; WWII; Japanese Armed Forces; Kiska Island (Alaska); Attu Island (Alaska); Eleventh Air Force; Attu Island; Kiska; Kiska Island; Pacific; Attu; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll3/id/3256

During the planning and execution of the Aleutian Islands Campaign, what did the commanders and planners do well, and what could they have done differently to reduce the loss of life? An analysis of this campaign reveals the strengths and weaknesses of the planning process, which resulted in a somew...