Contents
Forward v I. The Crisis in the South and Southwest Pacific
Richard L. Watson, Duke University
Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San Diego State College1. New Guinea and the Solomons 3 Richard L. Watson, Duke University
Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San Diego State College2. The Battle for Guadalcanal 37 Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San Diego State College 3. The Thirteenth Air Force 61 Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San Diego State College 4. The Papuan Campaign 92 Richard L. Watson, Duke University 5. Battle of the Bismarck Sea 129 Richard L. Watson, Duke University 6. Huon Gulf and Peninsula 163 Richard L. Watson, Duke University II. Target Rabaul
Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San Diego State College
James C. Olson, Nebraska State Historical Society
Capt. Berhardt L. Mortensen, Air Force Historical Division7. The Central Solomons 203 Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San Diego State College 8. Bougainville 245 Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San DIego State College 9. The Gilberts and Marshalls 281 James C. Olson, Nebraska State Historical Society 10. Rabaul and Cape Gloucester 311 Capt. Bernhardt L. Mortensen, Air Force Historical Division III. The North Pacific
Harry L. Coles, Ohio State University11. The Aleutians Campaign 359 IV. China-Burma-India
Herbert Weaver, Vanderbilt University
Lee Bowen, Air Force Historical Division12. The Tenth Air Force 405 Herbert Weaver, Vanderbilt University 13. Problems of Command 435 Herbert Weaver, Vanderbilt University
Lee Bowen, Air Force Historical Division14. The Pattern of India-Burma Operations, 1943 460 Herbert Weaver, Vanderbilt University 15. Allied Offensive in Burma 494 Lee Bowen, Air Force Historical Division 16. Fourteenth Air Force Operations, January 1943-June 1944 518 Herbert Weaver, Vanderbilt University V. Pacific Junction
Frank Futrell, Air Force Historical Division
Capt. Bernhardt L. Mortensen, Air Force Historical Division
James C. Olson, Nebraska State Historical Society17. The Admiralties 549 Capt. Bernhardt L. Mortensen, Air Force Historical Division
Frank Futrell, Air Force Historical Division18. Hollandia 575 Frank Futrell, Air Force Historical Division 19. Final Victory in New Guinea 615 Frank Futrell, Air Force Historical Division 20. The Marianas 671 James C. Olson, Nebraska State Historical Society
Capt. Bernhardt L. Mortensen, Air Force Historical DivisionNotes (Footnotes are included/hyperlinked with each chapter.) Glossary Index 793 List of Maps and Charts
List of Illustrations