Brute Force: Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World WarThe noted military historian John Ellis argues in this masterly study that the Allies triuphed not because of superior leadership, strategy, or tacctics-butt solely on account of their endless industrial capacity. |
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... Pacific command authorised on 31 March 1942. The Pacific was divided into two basic sectors , the South - West Pacific Ocean Area and the Pacific Ocean Area . MacArthur was given command of the first , as Comsowespac , and Nimitz of the ...
... Pacific command authorised on 31 March 1942. The Pacific was divided into two basic sectors , the South - West Pacific Ocean Area and the Pacific Ocean Area . MacArthur was given command of the first , as Comsowespac , and Nimitz of the ...
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... Pacific would be amphibious - should be under naval command . . . The major offensive when it came , the Navy believed , would be across the Central Pacific along the route marked out in the prewar Orange Plan.'66 That jealousy between ...
... Pacific would be amphibious - should be under naval command . . . The major offensive when it came , the Navy believed , would be across the Central Pacific along the route marked out in the prewar Orange Plan.'66 That jealousy between ...
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... Pacific offensive , Admiral King actually threatened to ignore the Army entirely . During one planning meeting , ' he chopped off further debate by saying that if necessary he would open the offensive without the " support of Army ...
... Pacific offensive , Admiral King actually threatened to ignore the Army entirely . During one planning meeting , ' he chopped off further debate by saying that if necessary he would open the offensive without the " support of Army ...
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The Last European War Poland France | 1 |
PART | 35 |
July 1943 May 1945 | 101 |
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