Tag: Pacific campaign (1941-1945)

Intelligence Cooperation between the Kuomintang Agents and British Special Operations Executive in Singapore-Malaya, 1942–1945

★★★ The Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Singapore-Malaya during the Pacific War has consistently been a focal point of scholarly attention. In the existing academic and literary spheres, there is a plethora of research and retrospective works on SOE, which can be viewed from three perspectives. The first perspective focuses on the cooperation between the... Continua a leggere →

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Strategy, Language, and the Culture of Defeat: Changing Interpretations of Japan’s Pacific War Naval Demise

★★ Introduction Military historians say that military history is written from the perspective of the victor. Japan’s naval defeat in the Pacific War, however, provides a highly arguable case. Much of the translated postwar literature on the Pacific War has been written from an Allied perspective which overemphasizes Japanese weaknesses, deemphasizes the strengths of the... Continua a leggere →

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Fundamentals of carrier tactics

★★ TORPEDO BOMBERS TACTICS If we were forced to fight a World War II carrier battle again, what key concepts, tactics, techniques, procedures, and technologies would give us a marked advantage over the adversary? As already stated in the introduction, seeking an answer to such questions goes beyond historical curiosity. Because all forms of warfare... Continua a leggere →

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Military strategy fundamentals

★★★ The phrase ‘military strategy’ in this article’s title might be a tautology for some, as strategy originally concerned the art or skills of the general.1 However, today, strategy is applied across almost all areas of society with the field of business strategy arguably more vibrant than that of contemporary military strategy. Given such common... Continua a leggere →

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Interwar innovation in Three Navies: U.S. Navy, Royal Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy

★★★★★ In 1919, three major naval powers—Great Britain, Japan, and the United States—faced two major challenges: integrating new technology into their doctrines and organizations, and coping with reduced naval expenditures and arms treaties that carne as a postwar reaction to armaments spending. In effect, money available for naval development and construction was declining at precisely... Continua a leggere →

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