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DTIC ADA223584: Infantry Operations in the Aleutians: The Battle fo... |
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During the early stages of World War II, as strategic |
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planners grappled with how to defeat the forces of Nazi |
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Germany, another group of strategists was deliberating on |
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the best way to conquer the Pacific Ocean area. The |
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Imperial Japanese Staff, following the British model for |
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colonialism, began the initial moves in a strategic |
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offensive that would lead to the invasion of U. S. |
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territory. While the Aleutian Islands were U.S. |
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territory, very little was known about the region and |
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Alaska was low on the priority list for defense. The |
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Doolittle raid from the carrier Hornet, on April 18, |
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1942, placed the Aleutians very high on the Japanese |
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priority list for attack. Their conclusion was that the |
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long island chain, only a few hundred miles away, had |
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been the base area for the Doolittle raid. Information |
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was gathered by historical review of a variety of |
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reference materials and through analysis of maps, photos |
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and personal notes of those who served at Attu. The |
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lessons of Attu, related to the preliminary stages of the |
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battle and combat operations, can be applied today in the |
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same area of operations and others. |
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Date Published: 2018-02-26 08:20:05 |
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Identifier: DTIC_ADA223584 |
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Item Size: 79581463 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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