Antisubmarine Operations Insofar as future warfare was concerned, the most important naval developments of World War II may have occurred in the North Atlantic, where the struggle for survival of Great Britain was won before the United States offensive in the Pacific began. The victory over the German submarine was mainly the result of British [...]

Amphibious Forces All ground operations in World War II began with amphibious assaults. The first, made in August 1942 at Guadalcanal, was a defensive operation designed to seize the island in order to halt the Japanese thrust into the Solomons. It was followed. in November by landings in North Africa. Amphibious operations in Europe included [...]

Task Force System During World War II the expression “task force” used in connection with fast carrier operations in the Pacific caught the imagination of the American people and became part of their language, though with a variety of meanings. In the working language of the United States Navy, however, “task force” is one of [...]