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Revision as of 16:00, 27 July 2024
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Parent topics
- United States Navy [r]: Branch of the U.S. armed forces] responsible for combat on, over, and under water. [e]
- World War Two in the Pacific [r]: The part of World War II (1937-45) fought in Asia and the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the U.S., China, Britain, Australia, and other Allies. [e]
Subtopics
- Submarine [r]: A ship or boat that can travel underwater [e]
- Aircraft carrier [r]: A warship designed to launch and recover combat aircraft and aircraft that support military operations [e]
- Circular cruising formation [r]: Developed by Chester W. Nimitz, a naval tactical formation in which the high value units (e.g., aircraft carriers and amphibious warfare ships) are in the center of the formation, surrounded by concentric rings of escorts for anti-air warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and early warning (i.e., pickets) [e]
- Island hopping [r]: U.S. strategic doctrine of World War Two in the Pacific, in which Japanese island bases were invaded only if their land was needed, but bypassed and blockaded if they simply needed to be neutralized [e]
- Fast carrier operations [r]: Strategic doctrine of the United States Navy in World War Two in the Pacific, which greatly increased the tempo of carrier operations by keeping them mostly at sea, with intense underway replenishment and repair, and by alternating command and planning with two fleet staffs [e]
- Pearl Harbor (World War II) [r]: Imperial Japanese Navy raid on United States' naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which took place on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941. [e]
- Doolittle Raid [r]: The first U.S. offensive operation in the Pacific during the Second World War. [e]
- Battle of the Coral Sea [r]: Fought in May 1942, the first battle between naval forces built around aircraft carriers, in which the opposing United States and Japanese ships never saw one another; it was a tactical Japanese defeat and strategic U.S. victory [e]
- Battle of Midway [r]: Generally considered to be the turning point of the Pacific Theater in the Second World War, a Japanese force intending to capture Midway Island was turned back with the loss of four aircraft carriers, at the cost of one U.S. carrier; it was the last major Japanese offensive of the war [e]
- Chief of Naval Operations [r]: The senior officer of the United States Navy, not in the operational chain of command but responsible for preparation and readiness of naval forces [e]
Colleagues
- Ernest J. King [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Douglas MacArthur [r]: Senior U.S. Army commander in the Second World War, head of the Occupation of Japan, holder of the highest rank and highest honor for valor in the Army, yet relieved of command for insubordination [e]
Subordinates
- Frank Jack Fletcher [r]: Admiral, United States Navy, who commanded carrier task forces in 1942, but was transferred to a less critical command after heavy losses in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, and some concerns about his aggressiveness [e]
- Robert Ghormley [r]: Add brief definition or description
- William Halsey [r]: Fleet admiral of the United States Navy in the Pacific theater of World War II, commanding the Third United States Fleet; a colorful and inspirational fighting leader with some limitations in strategy and large fleet command [e]
- Edwin Layton [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Charles Lockwood [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Marc Mitscher [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Joseph Rochefort [r]: Add brief definition or description
- H. M. Smith [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Raymond Spruance [r]: Add brief definition or description
- John Tower [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Richmond Kelly Turner [r]: Add brief definition or description
- A.A. Vandegrift [r]: Add brief definition or description
Comparable commanders
- Karl Doenitz [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Husband Kimmel [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Isoroku Yamamoto [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Yi Sunshin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Shigenori Togo [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hideki Tojo [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ronald Burgess [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Civilian Conservation Corps [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Doolittle Raid [r]: The first U.S. offensive operation in the Pacific during the Second World War. [e]
- Robert E. Lee [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Karl Doenitz [r]: Add brief definition or description