History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II, 5 Volume Set on CD

Description: History Manual of : History Of U.S. Marine Corps Operations In WWII On CD in Pdf Form, This is all Five Volumes, Just a wealth of Information for the Historian at a reasonable Price.History Of U.S. Marine Corps Operations In WWII, Volume I: Pearl Harbor To Guadalcanal by Frank O Hough; Henry I Shaw; Verle E Ludwig; United States. Marine Corps. "Now a word about Volume I which sketches briefly the development of the Marine Corps' amphibious mission from its inception and then carries the story of World War II through Guadalcanal. As logistical officer of the 1st Marine Division, I was privileged to take part in this, our first effort to strike back at the Japanese. looking rearward from the vantage point of later years when our materiel superiority was overwhelming, it is difficult to visualize those lean first months in the Pacific when there was never enough of anything, and Allied strategy of giving top priority to Europe meant that there would not be for some time to come. Thus our initial offensive quickly and richly earned the nickname "Operation Shoestring." History Of U.S. Marine Corps Operations In World War II: Volume II, Isolation On Rabaul by Henry I. Shaw; Douglas T. Kane "This book, the second in a projected five-volume series, continues the comprehensive history of Marine Corps operations in World War II. The story of individual campaigns, once told in separate detail in preliminary monographs, has been largely rewritten and woven together to show events in proper proportion to each other and in correct perspective to the war as a whole. New material, particularly from Japanese sources, which has become available in profusion since the writing of the monographs, has been included to provide fresh insight into the Marine Corps' contribution to the final victory in the Pacific." History Of U.S. Marine Corps Operations In WWII: Volume III, Central Pacific Drive by Henry I Shaw; Bernard C Nalty; Edwin T Turnbladh; United States. Marine Corps. "This book, the third in a projected five-volume series, continues the comprehensive history of Marine Corps operations in World War II. The story of individual campaigns, once told in separate detail in preliminary monographs, has been reevaluated and rewritten to show events in proper proportion to each other and in correct perspective to the war as a whole. New material, particularly from Japanese sources, which has become available since the writing of the monographs, has been included to provide fresh insight into the Marine Corps' contribution to the final victory in the Pacific." History Of U.S. Marine Corps Operations In WWII: Volume IV, Western Pacific Operations by George W Garand; Truman R Strobridge; United States. Marine Corps. "This book is the fourth in the five-volume history of Marine Corps operations in World War II. The story of Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and Marine artillery and aviation in the Philippines, as previously narrated in separate detail in preliminary monographs, has been reevaluated and rewritten to depict events in proper proportion to each other and in correct perspective to the war as a whole. New material, particularly from Japanese and other sources that has become available since the earlier monograph series was published, has been included to provide fresh insight into the Marine Corps' contribution to the final victory in the Pacific." History Of U.S. Marine Corps Operations In WWII: Volume V, Victory And Occupation by Benis M Frank; Henry I. Shaw "This book represents the final work in the five-volume history of Marine Corps operations in World War II. The story of the Okinawa campaign, told earlier in a separate monograph, has been reevaluated and rewritten to detail events in proper proportion to each other and in a correct perspective to the war as a whole. New material, particularly from Japanese sources and from the recorded interviews conducted with senior Marine Corps officers who participated in the Marine Corps Oral History Program, has been included to provide fresh insight into the Marine Corps' contribution to the final victory of the Pacific War." World War II: Marine Corps Pacific Operations History Volumes 3,616 pages of history of U.S. Marine Corps Pacific operations in World War II, in One CD volumes produced by the U.S. Marine Corps, Historical Branch, G-3 Division, archived on CD-ROM. All photos, charts, maps, illustrations and diagrams produced for the volumes are reproduced. The volumes were completed by Marine Corps historians between 1965 and 1972. The five volumes include: VOLUME I: PEARL HARBOR TO GUADALCANAL This volume covers Marine Corps participation through the first precarious year of World War II, when disaster piled on disaster and there seemed no way to check Japanese gains. Advanced bases and garrisons were isolated and destroyed: Guam, Wake, and the Philippines. The attack on Pearl Harbor seriously crippled the U.S. Pacific Fleet. After the fleet was rehabilitated the U.S. Marines launched on Guadalcanal an offensive which was destined to end only on the home islands of the Japanese Empire. Among the many section headings in this volume are: Evolution of Modern Amphibious Warfare 1920-1941, Marine Occupation of Iceland, The Defense of Wake, Marines in the Philippines, The Siege and Capture of Corregidor, Decision at Midway, Japanese Plans: Toward Midway and the North Pacific, Midway Girds for Battle, and The Turning Point: Guadalcanal. VOLUME 2: ISOLATION OF RABAUL The period of World War II covered in this volume was during a time of transition in the fighting when the Allied offensive gradually shifted into high gear, after a grinding start at Guadalcanal. As the situation changed, the make-up of the Fleet Marine Force changed, too. It passed through the era of hit and run and through the time for defensive strategy. Marine raider and parachute battalions were absorbed into regular infantry units, the seacoast batteries of defense battalions became field artillery, and air squadrons were re-equipped with newer and deadlier planes. Among the many section headings in this volume are: Strategic Situation Spring 1943, TOENAILS Operation, Northern Solomons Operations, The New Britain Campaign, and Marine Air Against Rabaul. VOLUME 3: CENTRAL PACIFIC DRIVE This volume covers the series of Central Pacific operations that began at Tarawa in November 1943. It marked a period of steadily increasing momentum in the drive toward the Japanese home islands. To a great extent, these operations were periods of trial and error. During this time Marine Corps amphibious striking force, the Fifth Fleet and the V Amphibious Corps, tested and proved the basic soundness of the doctrine, tactics, and techniques developed by the Navy and Marine Corps in the years before World War II. This was a time of innovation too, when new weapons, improved methods of fire support, and organizational developments all played a large part in U.S. victories. This volume attests that the lessons learned in the Gilberts, were reaffirmed and applied with increasing effectiveness in the Marshalls and Marianas. Among the many section headings in this volume are .Launching the Central Pacific Offensive, The Gilberts Operation, The Marshalls: Quickening the Pace, Saipan: the Decisive Battle, Assault on Tinian and The Return to Guam. VOLUME 4 WESTERN PACIFIC OPERATIONS The period of World War II covered in this volume, essentially from mid-September 1944 to late March 1945, covers the continuation of the United States drive from the Central Pacific to the Western Carolines and the Volcano-Benin Islands at the very doorstep of Japan. This volume details the task of the Marine Corps to put into practice the amphibious doctrine that had been developed during the prewar years, modified and improved during earlier operations in the Solomons, Gilberts, Marshalls, and Marianas. The volume contends that the course of events on Peleliu and Iwo Jima demonstrated the basic soundness of Marine Corps tactics and techniques in the face of skillful and tenacious resistance offered by a highly motivated and well trained opponent who was determined to defend his possessions to the last. During this time Marine aviation took a stronger role. Frequently denied the opportunity of flying direct support in amphibious operations, Marine aviators developed and put into practice a doctrine of close air support that was key to the recapture of the Philippines. During this tine, in a series of boldly conceived and executed operations, American forces in the Pacific Theater captured and developed a number of strategically placed islands that were to serve as springboards for the inexorable advance towards the Japanese home islands. By the time the Peleliu operation was launched in mid-September 1944, the Japanese had changed their tactics of defending the beaches and launching a final banzai once the inevitable end was in sight, to a far more sophisticated defense that amounted to an extended delaying action conducted from well dug tunnels and cave positions, which had to be taken at great cost to the attacking force. The battle for Iwo Jima, which got under way on 19 February 1945, represented a battle of attrition in the truest sense, with losses in men and materiel far out of proportion to the size of the objective. Aside from its tactical value, Iwo Jima assumed strategic importance in signaling the Japanese government and people that the United States was determined to win the war in the Pacific, even at the cost of heavy losses. Among the many section headings in this volume are The Palaus: Gateway to the Philippines, D-Day on Peleliu, The Leyte Landings, The Luzon Campaign, Southern Philippines Operations, Marine Aviation in the Marianas, Carolines, and at Iwo Jima, Iwo Jima, D-Day on Iwo Jima, The Struggle for Suribachi, and 3rd Marine Division Operations on Iwo Jima. VOLUME 5: VICTORY AND OCCUPATION This volume covers Marine Corps activities in the Okinawa invasion and the occupations of Japan and North China as well as the little-known story of Marine prisoners of war. The book relates the Marine Corps' postwar demobilization and reorganization programs as well. By 1945, amphibious warfare doctrine and techniques had become highly developed. Among the many section headings in this volume are: Okinawa, Project ICEBERG, Occupation of Japan, Last Months in Japan and Marine POW's.

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