MacArthur's ULTRA: Codebreaking and the War Against Japan, 1942-1945"No one writing on military operations in the Southwest Pacific will be able to ignore this book."?William M. Leary, editor of We Shall Return: MacArthur's Commanders and the Defeat of Japan, 1941-1945 "Adds significantly to our understanding of the war and of MacArthur as commander and strategist."?Stanley L. Falk, author of Bataan: The March of Death "A 'must' item for analysis of the Pacific war."?Harold Deutsch, author of Hitler and His Generals Author Biography: Edward J. Drea is chief of the Research and Analysis Division at the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, D.C., and author of The 1942 Japanese General Election. He is fluent in Japanese. On the Military Intelligence History Reading List 2012. |
Contents
MacArthurs Codebreaking Organization | 1 |
ULTRAs Trials and Errors 1942 | 32 |
Breaking into the Japanese Army Codes January 1943 | 61 |
The Hollandia Operation January | 94 |
Misreading ULTRA MaySeptember 1944 | 123 |
Leyte 1944 | 152 |
Luzon JanuaryJune 1945 | 180 |
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MacArthur's ULTRA: Codebreaking and the War Against Japan, 1942-1945 Edward J. Drea No preview available - 1992 |
Common terms and phrases
1st Division Adachi Admiralties Air Regiment aircraft airfields Aitape Allied air American amphibious analysts April Arlington Hall army air force army codes Army's attack August Australian Battalion Biak bomb bombers campaign Central Bureau chief of staff cipher codebreakers combat commander convoy cryptanalysts December decrypted defense Eighteenth Army Eighth Area Army enemy estimate February fighters fighting Fleet Hollandia Imperial Headquarters Independent Mixed Brigade Infantry Division intercept operators invasion island January Japan Japanese air Japanese army Japanese Ground Japanese naval July June Kenney Krueger Kyushu landing Leyte Luzon MacArthur Madang Manila March military Milne Bay MMBA November officers Order of Battle Ormoc Pacific war Philippines pilots plans Port Moresby Rabaul radio messages reconnaissance reinforcements reported rikugun sakusen Sarmi ships Signal Intelligence Service Sixth Army southern Southwest Pacific Headquarters Special Intelligence submarine SWPA theater Tokyo traffic U.S. Army U.S. Navy ULTRA units Washington western New Guinea Wewak Willoughby