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Survey the largest naval war in world history and gain insight into the strategy and tactics of battle from sea, air, and land.
Overview
Syllabus
- 01: The Road to War in the Pacific, 1931–1941
- 02: Infamy! The Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor
- 03: Japan Moves South, December 1941–May 1942
- 04: The Doolittle Raid on Japan, April 1942
- 05: Station HYPO: Breaking the Japanese Code
- 06: Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
- 07: Midway: 10 Minutes That Changed the War
- 08: Guadalcanal: Jungle Warfare
- 09: Ironbottom Sound, 1942–1943
- 10: MacArthur, Halsey, and Operation Cartwheel
- 11: The Big Blue Fleet and American Industry
- 12: Battle for Tarawa: A Square Mile of Hell
- 13: A Three-Front Pacific War, January–May 1944
- 14: The US Leaps to the Marianas, June 1944
- 15: Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944
- 16: Bombing Japan: Fire from the Sky
- 17: American Submarines in the Pacific, 1944–1945
- 18: MacArthur Returns to the Philippines
- 19: Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
- 20: Admiral Halsey’s Typhoons, 1944–1945
- 21: Battle for Iwo Jima, February–March 1945
- 22: Battle for Okinawa, April–June 1945
- 23: Kamikazes: Japan’s Special Attack Units
- 24: Dropping the Atomic Bomb
- By This Professor
Taught by
Craig L. Symonds, PhD
