by Mark LoProto | Oct 9, 2018 | Allied Forces, History, Japanese Forces, Pacific Theater
In the days following the Pearl Harbor attack, Admiral Husband E. Kimmel was relieved of his post as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet. Considering the nation was suddenly at war, his replacement would have little time to learn the role, as William S. Pye found out...
by Mark LoProto | Sep 17, 2018 | Allied Forces, Pacific Theater, World War II
During the First World War, the Allies suffered great losses due to catastrophic amphibious landings, notably during the Gallipoli Campaign. The US military is always eager to learn from past mistakes, and so these landings were scrutinized in the years that followed....
by Mark LoProto | Jul 9, 2018 | Allied Forces, Pacific Theater, WWII in America
“Why don’t you go together and protect each other?” Mr. Kohler knew his son Charles was itching to join the war that the US suddenly found itself drawn into after the horrors that unfolded on December 7th, 1941, and it seemed logical to him that Charles and his...
by Mark LoProto | Jan 8, 2018 | After The Attack, Allied Forces, World War II
The United States spent the first years of World War II keeping its military out of the conflict. Though it lent aid to the British, it refused to outright join and declare war on any of the Axis powers. From 1939 to 1941, the nation was able to maintain its...
by Mark LoProto | Dec 23, 2017 | After The Attack, Allied Forces, Japanese Forces, Pacific Theater
It was a question that many pondered after Japan left the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in ruins. “Why did this happen?” And with more than 2,400 American lives taken during the attack, the nation collectively needed an answer. The answer turned...
by Mark LoProto | Oct 12, 2017
The Pacific Theater was where a series of battles during World War II took place. Before the start of the war in the Pacific, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the American military base located on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. After the surprise attack, the United States...
