Victory in the Pacific: 1945

Samuel Eliot Morison


CONTENTS

Preface ix
    PART I
Iwo Jima
 
I Decisions, Plans and Preparations, October 1944-February 1945 3
  1. The Bonins and Ryukyus in Pacific Strategy 3
  2. Planning for Iwo Jima 5
  3. Air Bombing and Naval Bombardment 9
  4. Japanese Preparations 13
II Preliminary Poundings, 10-18 February 1945 20
  1. Carrier Wings Over Japan 20
  2. Two Day's Pounding, 16-17 February 25
  3. D-day minus 1, 18 February 30
III D-day at Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945 33
  1. Pre-landing Bombardment 33
  2. H-hour, 0900 35
  3. Build-up and Support 40
  4. Air Operations 44
IV The Conquest of Iwo Jima, 19 February-16 March 1945 47
  1. The Struggle Ashore, 20-21 February 47
  2. Carrier Strikes and Air Support, 21 February-1 March 52
  3. The Land battle, 22 February-16 March 59
V Securing the Island, 17 March-1 June 1945 67
  1. The Mopping-up Process 67
  2. Air Base and Conclusion 70
  3. The Advance Expeditionary Force 95
    PART II
Okinawa
 
VI Preparing for the Ryukyus, October 1944-March 1945 79
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VII Moving In on the Ryukyus, 18 March-1 April 108
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VIII More Preliminaries, 25-31 March
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IX The Landing, 1 April 1945
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X ICEBERG Logistics, March-June 1945
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XI Feeling Each Other Out, 2-5 April 1945
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XII TEN-GO Gets Going, 6-8 April
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XVVV Fast Carrier Support, 1-12 April
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XIV The Second Week at Okinawa, 7-13 April
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XV The Crucial Fortnight, 14-30 April
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X May Days at Okinawa
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X Okinawa Secured, June-September 1945
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    PART III
Miscellaneous Operations
 
XVIII
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  List of Illustrations  
  (All photographs not otherwise described are Official United States Navy)  
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  List of Maps and Charts  
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