Weather as the Decisive Factor of the Aleutian Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943

• Main Author: Wilder, Carol A.
• Other Authors: ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: Humanities and History; *MILITARY HISTORY; *ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; WARFARE; WEATHER; THESES; RESPONSE; JOINT MILITARY ACTIVITIES; ARCHIPELAGOES; RAIDS; OPERATION; OCEANS; BATTLES; BOMBS; HARBORS; ISLANDS; *ALEUTIAN CAMPAIGN; WORLD WAR 2; Kiska; Pacific; Attu; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA273052; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA273052

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...