Central Pacific Campaigns and Operations: Including the Gilbert-Marshall Islands Campaign and the Occupation of the Marianas 1 June 1943-1 September 1 - Paperback

by Ray Merriam (Author)

Merriam Press World War 2 History Series

First published as Chapters IX and X of The Campaigns of the Pacific War as part of the USSBS series in 1946.

Primarily concerned with naval operations, including naval and land-based air operations, it covers both American and Japanese plans and operations in this theater of the war.

The bulk of this work is composed of more than a dozen appendices, many of which are, or contain, extensive charts and tables of information, including orders of battle, strengths, casualties, losses, rosters, postwar question and answer historical interrogations, and translations of Japanese directives, operations orders, dispatches, reports, war diary excerpts, etc.

Very important and useful source of highly detailed information.

Contents

Chapter 1: Central Pacific Operations: From 1 June 1943 to 1 March 1944 Including the Gilbert-Marshall Islands Campaign

Appendix 68: Strength of Opposing Ground Forces, Casualties and Japanese Garrison Strength in the Central Pacific

Appendix 69: Extracts from Official Reports of the Imperial Japanese Government Concerning the Gilbert-Marshalls Campaign

Chapter 2: The Central Pacific Campaign, 1 March to 1 September 1944, Including the Occupation of the Marianas

Appendix 71: Combined Fleet Ultrasecret Operation Order 73

Appendix 72: Imperial Headquarters Directive 373

Appendix 73: Combined Fleet Ultrasecret Dispatch 041213

Appendix 74: United States Forces Involved

Appendix 75: Chain of Command, Japanese Forces in Marianas-Carolines, 1 June 1944

Appendix 76: Order of Battle, Defense Forces in Ogasawara-Marianas-Carolines, 1 June

Appendix 77: 1 June 1944-Assigned Strength, Base Air Forces, Marianas and Carolines (No Army Air in Central Pacific)

Appendix 78: Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19-20 June 1944 Task Organization-First Mobile Fleet

Appendix 79: First Mobile Fleet Classified No. 1048 (5 September 1944): Detailed Battle Report of AGO Operations

Appendix 80: From the Files of the Navy Board of Merit

Appendix 81: Translation of Japanese Documents

4 maps

14 appendices