Engineer activities in the Pacific war, with particular emphasis on those in General MacArthur's Southwest Pacific Area.
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The Corps of Engineers: the war against Japan
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Ch. I Strengthening the defense triangle: Panama, Hawaii and Alaska: Early war plans and the corps of engineers
First steps in building up the Pacific outposts
Ch. II The defense gains momentum: Panama
Alaska
Hawaii
The air ferry route
Supplies
War appears imminent
Last days of peace
Ch. III The fall of the Philippines: Preparations for defense
Withdrawal to Bataan and Corregidor
Bataan
Corregidor and the end of the campaign
Ch. IV Build-up in the southwest Pacific: Australia
the first days
Toward a more aggressive strategy
Preparing for the offensive
Ch. V First offensives: the Solomons and Papua: Strengthening the south Pacific
Preparing to fight in New Guinea
Engineers in combat
Problems with logistics
Ch. VI The drive toward Rabaul: Preparing for CARTWHEEL
CARTWHEEL
The engineers continue to furnish logistic support
Arawe, Cape Gloucester and Saidor Ch. VII The far north:
Ch. XIV Return to the Philippines:
Leyte and Mindoro
Luzon: the drive to Manila
The capture of Manila and the islands of Manila Bay
Ch. XV The final months of the war:
Destruction of the Japanese in the Philippines and Borneo
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Base and airfield construction for the assault on Japan
Planning for the invasion of Japan
Conclusion
Appendix.
Strengthening Alaska's defenses
The Alcan Highway
Canol
The danger passes
Ch. VIII Hawaii after Pearl Harbor:
The engineers organize for war
Protection against air raids
Military defenses
Change in organization
CH. IX After Midway:
Work on defensive installations slows down
First offensives in the Central Pacific
Ch. X The China-Burma-India theater: 1941-August 1943: Priority on airfields
Ground communications for a campaign in Burma
Renewed priority on airfields
Ch. IX The China-Burma-India theater: august 1943-January 1945: QUADRANT directs all-out effort
The all-out effort continues
The CBI is cut back
Ch. XII The drive across central Pacific:
The Marshalls
Logistical support from Hawaii
The Marianas
1944 draws to a close
Ch. XIII Amphibious warfare and base construction in the southwest Pacific:
The advance to Biak
Logistical support
Western New Guinea and the Moluccas
Edition Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Washington, D. C. : Office of the Chief of Military History, U.S. Army, 1966.
Shipping list no: 2017-0039-S.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [691]-694) and index.
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