Basic introduction Title: Great Naval Battle, also known as: the naval battle history of World War II Author: C.W. Nimitz /E.B Porter Price: 6.77 US dollars Press: Ocean Press Publication Time:1987-10/content introduction, work catalogue, book value, content introduction In this book, the author not only describes the background of major naval battles and landing assault operations, the operational attempts of both sides, the preparation and deployment of troops, and the process and results of operations; It also expounds the influence of equipment, training, geography and weather on operations, and the close relationship between intelligence, communication and logistics supply and the success or failure of operations. When introducing every major battle and combat action, the author always pays attention to the analysis from the perspective of strategy and tactics, draws his own conclusions and draws due lessons. Therefore, this book has important reference value for studying the history of World War II, especially the maritime and landing operations. The original "Sea Battle" was published in the United States on 1960, with 15 chapters in total. The original title was "great naval battle", and now we translate it into "great naval battle" according to its content. The Japanese once translated part of the contents of the Pacific naval battle into Japanese and published it in 1962, which is called the history of Nimitz's Pacific naval battle. Here we translate the part of the Atlantic and Mediterranean naval battles in the original book into the first part of the great naval battle. The Pacific naval battle of Sea Battle was translated according to the Japanese version, and the Russian version was used as the second half of Sea Battle, and was proofread according to the English version. The Battle of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea is a comprehensive and concentrated account of the fierce battles between China, the United States, Britain and other allies in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, which is divided into six chapters (chapters 1 to 6). This part begins with Germany's attack on Poland and the outbreak of naval battle, and ends with Germany's surrender. The Pacific naval battle part of the catalogue briefly and emphatically describes the whole process of the allied countries' victory over Japan in the Pacific Ocean in World War II, which is divided into nine chapters (chapters 7 to 15). Chapters 7 and 8 explain how Japanese imperialism launched the Pacific War and seized the strategic initiative. The author describes Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and Japan's attack on other regions. Among them, the attack on the Malay Peninsula and the Philippine Islands was the largest. Then, the Japanese army occupied dutch east indies (now Indonesia, Brunei, East Timor and other places). By May, 1942, the front line advanced northward to the Thousand Islands, passing through wake island, Marshall Islands, gilbert islands, Solomon Islands, new guinea, Timor, Java and Sumatra, and westward to andaman islands and Myanmar. After taking the above-mentioned series of victories lightly, Japan did not stop there, but was still determined to continue to expand eastward and southward in an attempt to further seize some strategic positions on the periphery of the above-mentioned occupied areas. However, it backfired. 1942 In May, port moresby in the southeast of New Guinea was captured, which triggered a naval battle in the Coral Sea. In June of the same year, a naval battle in Midway Island occurred to the east of the central Pacific Ocean, which made the Japanese attack frustrated continuously. Chapters 9 and 10 explain how the Allies made a limited counterattack and how the Japanese army lost its strategic initiative. 1In August, 942, the US military landed on Guadalcanal Island in the south of Solomon Islands, and the US and Japanese armed forces fought for the island for six months. 1On February 9, 943, the US military completely occupied the island. The battle of Guadalcanal made it easy for Japan and the United States to attack and defend. The South Pacific forces of the United States took Guadalcanal Island as their forward base, went north along Solomon Islands, and successively occupied the central and northern islands of Solomon Islands. At the same time, there are about 5,000 ships and1more than 5,000 planes under his command at the US naval base. Under the leadership of Nimitz, Lu Haijun has 265,438+0 general officers, and his headquarters has more than 600 staff officers. No matter what happens, General Nimitz is calm and never impulsive. His approachable and amiable face is still the same as when he first arrived at Pearl Harbor three and a half years ago. After three years and nine months of bloody fighting, the Pacific War finally came to an end. Admiral Nimitz attended the signing ceremony of Japan's surrender on behalf of the United States of America on the battleship Missouri. Before signing, he expressed his views on the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Nimitz said: "We have now seen that Japan, as an island country, although it still has well-equipped army units and huge aviation units, its naval power has been completely lost, and it announced its surrender before the decisive battle at home. This should be attributed to the strength of our navy. The backbone of the naval force is the aircraft carrier special mixed formation, and the submarine force is also an active maritime force. It is precisely because of such a powerful maritime force that the army troops and the marine corps can carry out landing operations and seize Japanese bases. Similarly, nuclear bullets have a combat foundation and can be put into use without the strength of our navy. If there is no navy, we will be unable to move. " General Nimitz finally fulfilled the highest mission entrusted to him. Book Value Many books about the Pacific War have been published in America. In particular, Morrison's book "The History of American Naval Warfare in World War II" is still an important work in the history of American naval warfare. From 1942, after 18 years' efforts, Morrison finally finished this masterpiece with 14 volume. Nine of them are about the Pacific War. But this book mainly reflects the battle scenes, and some of the views mentioned are only the personal views of a historian. In addition, the five-star admiral of the Golden Navy, halsey, Machelle, Sherman and other naval generals also wrote memoirs. Admiral Jin Haijun is the fleet commander of the United States of America and is responsible for directing the actions of the entire US Navy, so he rarely explains the actions in the Pacific Ocean. * * * His three generals are the Commander of the 3rd Fleet, the Commander of the Aircraft Carrier Task Force and the Commander of the Aircraft Carrier Task Force Brigade. They only command a certain part of the Pacific theater; Their memoirs were written from the perspective of Nimitz's subordinate generals. As mentioned above, Admiral Nimitz, the author of this book, succeeded Chimel as commander of the Pacific Fleet and supreme commander of the Pacific theater after Pearl Harbor. During almost the whole war, he commanded the Pacific War against Japan, and he was a member of the Pacific War. Professor Porter is an authority on the relationship between maritime forces and the development of the United States. So this book is not only different from the history of the Pacific War written by historians, but also different from the memoirs written by commanders who command a certain part of the Pacific Ocean. The greatest feature and value of this book is that it reflects how Commander Nimitz sized up the situation in the Pacific War, made operational plans and led them to put them into practice. This book was written with the help of Professor Porter. Nimitz, the main commander, reviewed the action process of American and Japanese troops and expounded his own views. As the author is proud, this book is written with reference to more than 200 authoritative works in the United States and Japan. This is hard to compare with other similar works. It can be said that this is a valuable document that Admiral Nimitz summed up the whole picture of the war against Japan with a broad strategic vision and described it in refined language.