World War II in the Aleutians: The Fundamentals of Joint Campaigns

• Main Author: Breslin, Charles B.
• Other Authors: NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI DEPT OF OPERATIONS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: Military Operations; Strategy and Tactics; *LESSONS LEARNED; *JOINT MILITARY ACTIVITIES; CONTROL; MILITARY STRATEGY; AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS; TACTICAL ANALYSIS; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; ERRORS; JAPAN; MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN); THEATER LEVEL OPERATIONS; *ALEUTIAN CAMPAIGN(WORLD WAR 2); WORLD WAR 2; Kiska; Pacific; Attu; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA279617; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA279617

This paper is an examination of the Aleutian Campaign conducted by U. S. Armed Forces from June 1942 through August 1943 to gain control of the North Pacific and remove the Japanese from Attu and Kiska Islands. The campaign, characterized by flawed joint operations, involved an extended air operatio...