AP 510(L) - Naval Air Theory and Strategy in the Pacific, Pearl Harbor-Marianas

OVERVIEW: This lecture provides a broad overview of naval airpower operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II. It begins with an examination of the Pearl Harbor attack, which demonstrated the revolutionary nature of aircraft carriers, and follows the U.S. Navy’s counteroffensive through the Central Pacific, culminating with the airpower operations against the Marianas Islands, a series of attacks designed primarily to create airbases for strategic attacks against the Japanese homeland.