Thursday, December 10, 2009

Class Notes 12/10

Strategies/Practices

3 Air
  • Strategic/Area Bombing
  • Tactical Bombing
  • Formations
2 Naval
  • U-boat packs
  • Aircraft Carriers
1 Question
  • What was the strategic value of battleships?

Pearl Harbor
  • Dec. 7th 1941
  • Preemptive attack surprises the US Navy
  • 4 Aircraft Carriers were preserved
  • Brings US into the war
  • Germany declares war on the US
  • War becomes global
Battle of the Atlantic
  • 1940-1943
  • German Submarines versus American + British Navy + Air Force
  • German Strategy: starve Britain into submission
  • German Tactic: use U-boats
  • Convoy systems

1 comment:

  1. Good notes Joe!

    I think that's a great question about battle ships!

    I think one thing they did was provide bombing support for amphibious landings, like on D-Day and various assaults on Japanese Islands, like Iwo Jima and Okinawa

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