Defending the Driniumor : covering force operations in New Guinea, 1944 / by Edward J. Drea.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Drea, Edward J., 1944-

Contributor:

Combat Studies Institute (U.S.)

Series:

Leavenworth papers ; no. 9.

Leavenworth papers ; no. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Papua New Guinea.

World War, 1939-1945.

Papua New Guinea--History.

Papua New Guinea.

Military campaigns.

Genre:

Government publications -- United States.

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 182 pages)

Other Title:

Covering force operations in New Guinea, 1944

Place of Publication:

Fort Leavenworth, Kan. : Combat Studies Institute, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, [1984]

Summary:

The planning and maneuvering that brought Japanese and American forces to the Driniumor River serve as the focus for the first part of this study. As the battle raged, however, the respective commanders had to depend on the collective skills of their individual soldiers and hope that their operational deployments, training, and tactical doctrine would bring them victory. The tactical struggle, or second phase, then, was as removed from the strategic and operational phase as the experience of the officers and men on the front line was from the abstract map symbols that represented their units at higher headquarters. This paper seeks to integrate American and Japanese strategic, operational, tactical, and human dimensions into a narrative form. The focus is on the 112th Cavalry Regiment because that unit played a significant role in defeating a numerically superior Japanese force that tried to outflank an American covering force. Ultra adds the intelligence dimension to American decision making.

Contents:

Ultra and Pacific strategy

American and Japanese operational deployments

Ultra and operations

112th Cavalry's deployment to the Driniumor

Breakthrough on the Driniumor

Counterattack

Attrition

Conclusions.

Notes:

"February 1984."

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2023.

Other Format:

Drea, Edward J., 1944- Defending the Driniumor : covering force operations in New Guinea, 1944

OCLC:

58392099

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