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Pacific war air power and strategy for Truk attack
A detailed analysis argues that an assault on Truk would require fleet carriers and vast air support, with 500 to 1000 planes in the air, and that airpower will decide the Pacific war. It considers carrier versus land based planes, Japanese carrier threats, and possible routes via Alaska China or the Southwest Pacific. The piece notes supply lines, base expansion, and the aim of crippling Japan’s industrial capacity to end the war.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Truk
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Pearl Harbor
United States
Henderson Field
Guadalcanal
Solomons
New Guinea
New Brittain
Rabaul
Alaska
Hawaii
Australia
South Pacific
China
Tokio
Shimonoseki
Moji
Nagasaki
India
Navy
Army