Japan's Mandate in the Southwestern Pacific

Campbell, Earnest (June 1942). "Japan's Mandate in the Southwestern Pacific". Proceedings. 68 (6). ISSN 0041-798X.

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Abstract: It is common knowledge that the probability of strong air and naval bases in Japan’s mandated islands in the Southwestern Pacific has prevented the United States from sending reinforcements by a direct route to either the Philippines or the Dutch East Indies. It has been obvious that it eventually would be necessary to destroy any enemy strong points in those islands and establish bases there ourselves before launching any all-out campaign to control the Southwestern Pacific or to destroy the Japanese Fleet. It also has been obvious that the United States Navy would play a predominant role in any such operations, of which the attacks on various points in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands on January 31 was the first. As our Navy in the future undoubtedly will operate extensively around Japan’s mandated islands and may be given the responsibility of administering such islands as are captured until after the war is over, let us prepare now for the future by becoming as fully acquainted as possible with the geography and history of that area...