World War II: The Pacific Theater

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

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Military History Courses World War II Courses Military Strategy Courses

Course Description

Overview

Survey the largest naval war in world history and gain insight into the strategy and tactics of battle from sea, air, and land.

Syllabus

By This Professor
01: The Road to War in the Pacific, 1931–1941
02: Infamy! The Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor
03: Japan Moves South, December 1941–May 1942
04: The Doolittle Raid on Japan, April 1942
05: Station HYPO: Breaking the Japanese Code
06: Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
07: Midway: 10 Minutes That Changed the War
08: Guadalcanal: Jungle Warfare
09: Ironbottom Sound, 1942–1943
10: MacArthur, Halsey, and Operation Cartwheel
11: The Big Blue Fleet and American Industry
12: Battle for Tarawa: A Square Mile of Hell
13: A Three-Front Pacific War, January–May 1944
14: The US Leaps to the Marianas, June 1944
15: Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944
16: Bombing Japan: Fire from the Sky
17: American Submarines in the Pacific, 1944–1945
18: MacArthur Returns to the Philippines
19: Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
20: Admiral Halsey’s Typhoons, 1944–1945
21: Battle for Iwo Jima, February–March 1945
22: Battle for Okinawa, April–June 1945
23: Kamikazes: Japan’s Special Attack Units
24: Dropping the Atomic Bomb

Taught by

Craig L. Symonds, PhD

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