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TABLES |
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| No. |
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Page |
| 1. |
Japanese Military Budget, 1931-1940 |
55 |
| 2. |
Japanese Army Ground and Air Forces and Navy Air Forces, 1937-1941 |
57 |
| 3. |
Major Army Combat Forces for the Pacific, Present and Projected, April-May 1942 |
213 |
| 4. |
Army Strength in the Pacific, April 1942 |
224 |
| 5. |
Timetable of Pacific Operations, August 1943 |
516 |
| 6. |
Strength, U.S. Forces in the Pacific, 31 December 1943 |
538 |
| 7. |
Major U.S. Combat Forces in the Pacific, 31 December 1943 |
539 |
| 8. |
Major U.S. Combat and Air Forces in Pacific and European Areas, 31 December 1943 |
540 |
| 9. |
Japanese Shipping Losses, 7 December 1941-20 September 1943 |
546 |
| 10. |
Japanese Army Reinforcements, Central Pacific, September 1943-January 1944 |
554 |
| 11. |
Army (and AAF) Battle Casualties, Pacific Areas, December 1941-December 1943 |
585 |
| 12. |
Battle Casualties, Navy and Marine Corps, December 1941-December 1943 |
586 |
| 13. |
Specific Operations for the Defeat of Japan, 1944 |
604 |
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CHARTS |
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| 1. |
Disposition of Major Japanese Forces for War, December 1941 |
110 |
| 2. |
Organization of ABDACOM, January-February 1942 |
169 |
| 3. |
The Washington High Command and the Pacific Theaters, December 1942 |
232 |
| 4. |
The Japanese High Command |
238 |
| 5. |
Command Organization in the Pacific, July 1942 |
254 |
| 6. |
Organization of Japanese Forces, Solomons-New Guinea Area, January 1943 |
366 |
| 7. |
Command Organization, South Pacific Forces, August 1943 |
404 |
| 8. |
Organization for Administration and Supply, U.S. Army Forces, South Pacific Area, July 1943 |
405 |
| 9. |
Organization of South Pacific Air Forces, Solomon Is, July 1943 |
406 |
| 10. |
Command Organization, Southwest Pacific Area, July 1943 |
409 |
| 11. |
Organization for Administration and Supply, U.S. Army Forces, Southwest Pacific Area, July 1943 |
410 |
| 12. |
Organization of Japanese Forces, Southeast Area, July 1943 |
414 |
| 13. |
Command Organization, Pacific Ocean Areas, October 1943 |
483 |
| 14. |
Organization for Administration and Supply, U.S. Army Forces, Central Pacific Area, December 1943 |
488 |
| 15. |
Headquarters Organization, CINCPOA-CINCPAC FLEET, October 1943 |
497 |
| 16. |
Organization of Japanese Forces in Pacific and Southeast Asia, November 1943 |
556 |
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MAPS |
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| 1. |
The Japanese Plan for War, December 1941 |
106 |
| 2. |
The ABDACOM Area, January-February 1942 |
162 |
| 3. |
The South Pacific Line of Communications to Australia, 1942 |
206 |
| 4. |
The Japanese Advance Into the Solomons-New Guinea Area, January-July 1942 |
291 |
| 5. |
The Battle Area, August 1942 |
314 |
| 6. |
The North Pacific |
422 |
| 7. |
The Central Pacific |
435 |
| 8. |
New Georgia Operations, 21 June-5 July 1943 |
506 |
| 9. |
Japan's National Defense Zone, Southeast Area |
548 |
| 10. |
South Pacific Operations, June-November 1943 |
561 |
| 11. |
Southwest Pacific Operations, September 1943-February 1944 |
567 |
| 12. |
Makin Atoll |
568 |
| 13. |
Tarawa Atoll |
570 |
| 14. |
Progress and Prospects, 31 December 1943 |
588 |
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Maps I-III are in inverse order inside back cover |
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| I. |
The Japanese Offensive, December 1941-May 1942 |
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| II. |
The Pacific and Adjacent Theaters, April 1942 |
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| III. |
The CARTWHEEL Operations |
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ILLUSTRATIONS |
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| 1. |
Fujiyama |
8 |
| 2. |
On Board the Powhatan |
9 |
| 3. |
View from Manila Bay |
23 |
| 4. |
Washington Conference, 1921-22 |
26 |
| 5. |
General Douglas MacArthur |
38 |
| 6. |
Brig. Gen. Stanley D. Embick |
40 |
| 7. |
Japanese Cabinet, March 1936 |
49 |
| 8. |
Japanese Troops Marching Through the Peiping Gate |
52 |
| 9. |
Konoye Cabinet of June 1937 |
53 |
| 10. |
General George C. Marshall |
73 |
| 11. |
Admiral Harold R. Stark |
73 |
| 12. |
Brig. Gen. George V. Strong |
76 |
| 13. |
General Teiichi Suzuki |
95 |
| 14. |
Admiral Osami Nagano |
96 |
| 15. |
Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short |
102 |
| 16. |
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel |
103 |
| 17. |
Japanese Mock-up of Ford Island and Battleship Row |
104 |
| 18. |
General Hideki Tojo |
116 |
| 19. |
Japanese Signs Proclaiming Economy Drive |
117 |
| 20. |
Joint Board Meeting |
120 |
| 21. |
Kurusu and Nomura |
125 |
| 22. |
"Banzai!" |
134 |
| 23. |
Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941 |
135 |
| 24. |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
142 |
| 25. |
Admiral Ernest J. King |
145 |
| 26. |
Lt. Gen. Delos C. Emmons |
145 |
| 27. |
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz |
145 |
| 28. |
Secretary of War Henry l. Stimson |
149 |
| 29. |
Lt. Gen. H. ter Poorten |
167 |
| 30. |
ABDA Command |
170 |
| 31. |
Vice Adm. Conrad E.L. Helfrich and Admiral Thomas C. Hart |
173 |
| 32. |
Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma |
183 |
| 33. |
General MacArthur With Brig. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley |
196 |
| 34. |
Brig Gen. Alexander M. Patch, Jr. |
210 |
| 35. |
Forward Echelon of the 41st Division |
211 |
| 36. |
Joint Chiefs of Staff |
228 |
| 37. |
General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz |
249 |
| 38. |
Vice Adm. Herbert F. Leary |
253 |
| 39. |
Rear Adm. Robert L. Ghormley |
258 |
| 40. |
Rear Adm. John R. McCain |
258 |
| 41. |
Rear Adm. Aubrey W. Fitch |
259 |
| 42. |
Rear Adm. Richmond K. Turner |
259 |
| 43. |
Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright |
268 |
| 44. |
Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle and Capt. Marc A. Mitscher |
271 |
| 45. |
Explosion on the Lexington |
277 |
| 46. |
Battle of Midway |
285 |
| 47. |
Training on Australian Beaches |
293 |
| 48. |
Brig. Gen. Thomas T. Handy |
298 |
| 49. |
Rear Adm. Charles M. Cooke, Jr. |
299 |
| 50. |
General MacArthur and Maj. Gen. George C. Kenney |
312 |
| 51. |
Maj. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger and General Sir Thomas Blamey |
312 |
| 52. |
A-20 Skip-Bombing an Enemy Freighter |
320 |
| 53. |
B-17 Over the Solomons |
321 |
| 54. |
New P-38's at Noumea |
332 |
| 55. |
Lt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold |
338 |
| 56. |
Admiral Nimitz at Noumea |
339 |
| 57. |
Ships at Noumea |
346 |
| 58. |
Damaged Supplies |
355 |
| 59. |
Henderson Field |
356 |
| 60. |
Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., and Maj. Gen. Millard F. Harmon |
357 |
| 61. |
Lt. Gen. Hatazo Adachi |
368 |
| 62. |
Lt. Gen. Haruhoshi Hyakutake |
368 |
| 63. |
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto |
369 |
| 64. |
Lt. Gen. Hitoshi Imamura |
369 |
| 65. |
Plenary Session at Casablanca |
384 |
| 66. |
Conference at ALAMO Headquarters |
407 |
| 67. |
Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt |
428 |
| 68. |
Rear Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid |
429 |
| 69. |
Planning the Kiska Operation |
432 |
| 70. |
Vice Adm. Raymond A. Spruance |
484 |
| 71. |
Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, Jr. |
484 |
| 72. |
Maj. Gen. Holland M. Smith |
485 |
| 73. |
Rear Adm. John H. Hoover |
>485 |
| 74. |
Maj. Gen. Willis H. Hale |
489 |
| 75. |
Fijian Commandos |
504 |
| 76. |
Rendova Commanders |
508 |
| 77. |
Rendova Landing Forces |
508 |
| 78. |
Munda Airfield |
512 |
| 79. |
On New Georgia |
513 |
| 80. |
American Strategic Planners at QADRANT |
518 |
| 81. |
The Combined Chiefs of Staff at Quebec |
519 |
| 82. |
Vice Adm. Jinichi Kusaka |
551 |
| 83. |
Australian Troops Go Ashore Near Lae |
564 |
| 84. |
Airborne Operations at Nadzab |
565 |
| 85. |
LVT's at Tarawa |
572 |
| 86. |
Landing Craft Moving in on Butaritari Island |
574 |
| 87. |
Admiral Halsey with Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler and Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger |
578 |
| 88. |
Maj. Gen. Oscar W. Griswold and General Harmon |
579 |
| 89. |
Supply Road on Bougainville |
580 |
| 90. |
Cairo Conference |
594 |
| 91. |
Tehran Conference |
595 |
| 92. |
General Marshall at Southwest Pacific Headquarters |
603 |
| Illustrations are from the following sources |
| National Archives; pages 49, 52, 53, 117, 196, 428. |
| Captured Japanese films: pages 95, 96, 116, 183, 268, 369, 551. |
| Life photograph taken by McAvoy: page 125. |
| The Netherlands Department of Defense: pages, 167, 170, 173. |
| Australian War Memorial: page 368. |
| All other photographs are from Department of Defense files. |