HyperWar: The Tide Turns: Contents

The Tide Turns
Doolittle Raid, Coral Sea, Midway, Aleutians

The first Allied successes and counter-attacks -- including Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo, the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, and the Aleutians Campaign.

Links to additional resources

"Nothing up my sleeve..." (MAGIC)

A Priceless Advantage: U.S. Navy Communications Intelligence and the Battles of Coral Sea, Midway, and the Aleutians, by Frederick D. Parker [NSA: Center for Cryptologic History]
The Role of COMINT in the Battle of Midway, by Henry F. Schorreck [SRH-230]

"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"
The Halsey-Doolittle Raid

U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE REPORTS
- Memo to Gen. Hap Arnold describing the project
- US Army Air Forces Informational Intelligence Summary
- Brig. General James Doolittle's After Action Report
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II
Midway: Sheer Luck or Better Doctrine? (Naval War College Review, 58, no. 1 (Winter 2005): 121-135.)
Aerology and Amphibious Warfare: The First Raid on Japan
U.S. NAVY ACTION REPORTS
- CinCPac Summary (Adm. Nimitz to Adm. King, CNO)
- USS Enterprise Action Report (with Adm. Halsey's remarks)
- USS Hornet Action Report (with Adm. Halsey's remarks)
HISTORY OF U.S. NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II (Samuel Eliot Morison)
HISTORY OF U.S. MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II

Battle of the Coral Sea

UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY
HISTORY OF U.S. NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II (Samuel Eliot Morison)
OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE COMBAT NARRATIVE
US NAVY ACTION REPORTS
- Task Force 11 Report -- Carrier Group Commander's recommendations/lessons learned as result of action
- Task Unit 17.2.2. Report
- USS Lexington
  - Loss of USS Lexington (Preliminary Report)
- USS Yorktown (Preliminary: Air Group Commander's report of action for May 8, 1942)
- USS Yorktown (Full report)
- ComDesPac report: Loss of USS Sims (DD-409)
- Loss of USS Sim (DD-409) -- Chief Signalman's Report
- USS Neosho Action Report -- loss of Neosho
- CinCPac Gunnery Bulletin 2-42 (discusses "lessons learned")
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II
History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II,
A Priceless Advantage: U.S. Navy Communications Intelligence and the Battles of Coral Sea, Midway, and the Aleutians, by Frederick D. Parker [NSA: Center for Cryptologic History]

Battle of Midway

Remarks by James Schlessinger on the 61st Anniversary of the Battle of Midway -- the most strategically decisive victory since Salamis!
UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY
HISTORY OF U.S. NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II (Samuel Eliot Morison)
OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE COMBAT NARRATIVE
Midway: Sheer Luck or Better Doctrine? (Naval War College Review, 58, no. 1 (Winter 2005): 121-135.)
Aerology and Amphibious Warfare: The Battle of Midway
US NAVY ACTION REPORTS
- Adm. Nimitz (CinCPac) to Adm. King (Cominch)
- Interrogation of Japanese Prisoners taken after Midway Action 9 June 1942
- Commander Cruisers, Pacific Fleet to CinCPac
- Commander TF-16 to CinCPac (Hornet & Enterprise)
- USS Hornet (CV-8)
- USS Enterprise (CV-6)
- USS Yorktown (CV-5)
- Commander Destroyer Squadron 6 to ComCruPacFlt
- USS Hammann (DD-412)
- Ensign George Gay's narrative of the battle (sole survivor of VT-8 -- Hornet's torpedo squadron)
HISTORY OF U.S. MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II
A Priceless Advantage: U.S. Navy Communications Intelligence and the Battles of Coral Sea, Midway, and the Aleutians, by Frederick D. Parker [NSA: Center for Cryptologic History]
The Role of COMINT in the Battle of Midway, by Henry F. Schorreck [SRH-230]
Japanese Accounts:
- Adm. Nagumo's After Action Report to Imperial Japanese Headquarters
- UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY

The Aleutians Campaign

Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: Chapter 23-- Bases in Alaska and the Aleutians
The Occupation of Kiska [Aerology and Amphibious Warfare]
Fleet Air Wing Four Strikes [Aerology and Amphibious Warfare]
UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY
HISTORY OF U.S. NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II (Samuel Eliot Morison)
OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE COMBAT NARRATIVE
UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II:
- Guarding the United States and its Outposts
- U.S. ARMY CAMPAIGNS IN WORLD WAR II
- Infantry Combat -- Part Two: Attu
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II

OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN ARMY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Vol. I: Six Years of War: The Army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific
Volume II: The Canadian Army 1939-1945: An Official Operational Summary

Additional Resources

World War II DVDs from The History Channel
Tokyo Raid:
Doolittle Tokyo Raiders
Coral Sea:
Overview and Images [US Naval Historical Center]
Battle of the Coral Sea [acusd.edu]
Midway:
Oral Histories:
- Lt. Joseph P. Pollard, MC, USN recollects experiences on USS Yorktown [ NHC: oral history]
- Cdr. John Ford, USNR, the Hollywood producer, describes filming the the combat action on Midway during the Battle of Midway [NHC: oral history]
Battle of Midway FAQ [Naval Historical Center]
Battle of Midway Photo Collection [Naval Historical Center]
The Battle of Midway
Isom, Dallas Woodbury, "The Battle of Midway: Why the Japanese Lost" (Naval War College Review; Summer, 2000:60-100)
Parshall, Jonathan B., David D. Dickson, and Anthony B. Tully. "Doctrine Matters: Why the Japanese Lost at Midway" (Naval War College Review; Summer 2001:139-51)
Midway
Return to Midway [National Geographic]
Battle of Midway [Peter E. Karetka, Yorktown survivor]
Aleutians:
Photos of Attu, NSA Attu, Kodiak, Siberia, and northern Japan taken or collected by Lt. Comdr. McDonald, USN
The Aleutians in World War II [National Park Service]
Recent Archaeological Investigations of WWII Materials in Kiska Harbor, Aleutian Islands [National Park Service, Submerged Cultural Resources Unit]
Battle of Midway Bibliography [Naval Postgraduate School]
- Battle of Midway Bibliography (Web sites) [Naval Postgraduate School]
They Also Serve -- Ian Beaton's account of service on Shemya

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Last updated: 15 February 2011

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