Presentations: 2/ 27

I was not that familiar with the Battle of Bougainville.  I knew that fighting had occurred here, but not to the extent as discussed in the presentation.  I thought it impressive that even though the Japanese outnumbered the U.S. military, the U.S. troops continued to attack in an effort to protect their airfields.  From the presentation, it sounds as if the Japanese were caught off guard by the forcefulness of the U.S. troops, because the Japanese were caught off guard and 500 shells of fire descended on them quickly.  And, even with all of this, the U.S. in this battle was most successful because the casualty loss was much lower than other battles.

 

After reading about MacArthur and his problems, it was refreshing to hear about Nimitz.  It was apparent from the presentation that the two were opposites in their philosophy of war.  Nimitz believed in keeping the morale of the men high and did not believe in finger pointing when problems arose.