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Bookmark or Share- Operation Dragoon: The Invasion of Southern France - NHHCVice Admiral Hewitt was a staunch advocate of pre-invasion bombardment support, rightly rejecting the view of some Allied commanders that pre-landing bombardments undermined the assault forces’ theoretical element of surprise (disproved in Operation Avalanche at Salerno). Thus, premised on the Germans sighting the invasion force by 14 August ...
- Operation Overlord: Invasion of Normandy - NHHC“D-Day” message to Allied forces from General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander. Operation Neptune—from United States Naval Administration in World War II, Vol. V (1948) Destroyers at Normandy: Naval gunfire support at Omaha Beach "Naval Guns at Normandy," reminiscences of Vice Admiral Morton L. Deyo, USN (Ret.) (c. 1956)
- Battle of the Coral Sea - NHHCAllied forces were forced to withdraw from the operational area. However, with their air groups too battered to support a further advance, the Japanese were brought to a standstill. Although the Japanese had managed to capture Tulagi, Port Moresby remained in Allied control. Shokaku had been hit so severely that she could not join the Midway force.
- Japan's Surrender and Aftermath - NHHCIf Allied forces did, in fact, invade the Home Islands and the initial assault could be repulsed or made too costly for Western governments to bear, Japan would still be able to retain its honor. This view led to the formulation of a master defense plan (Ketsu-Go—“Decisive” Operation), which was completed in early April. Due to Japan’s ...
- Overlord: From Concept to Execution - NHHCThe view that Germany was the more dangerous of the Axis powers was a foundation of Allied strategic planning assumptions at the Arcadia Conference, held in Washington, DC, in late December 1941. Thus, an eventual large-scale Anglo-American landing in northwestern Europe was seen as inevitable. By early 1942, Allied operational planning was in progress, assessing three different operations ...
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