 | United States Strategic Bombing Survey - World War, 1939-1945 - 1946 - 450 pages
...Japanese staff officer when recounting the discussions among members of the Combined Fleet Staff stated: "There was divided opinion as to whether you would...land at Jaluit or Mille. Some thought you would land at Wotje but few thought you would go right to the heart of the Marshalls and take Kwajalein." Mille,... | |
 | United States. Marine Corps - World War, 1939-1945 - 1954 - 216 pages
...a natural and gradual step from the Gilberts. As one Japanese naval staff officer later commented : There was divided opinion as to whether you would land at Jaluit or Mille. Some thought you would laud on Wotje, but there were few who thought you would go rijrtit to the heart of the Marshalls and... | |
 | Henry I. Shaw, Bernard C. Nalty, Edwin T. Turnbladh - World War, 1939-1945 - 1966 - 704 pages
...subordinates by proposing an immediate attack on Kwajalein, Nimitz also surprised his adversaries. "There was divided opinion as to whether you would land at Jaluit or Mille," a Japanese naval officer confessed after the war. "Some thought you would land on Wotje, but there... | |
 | Nathan Miller - History - 1997 - 614 pages
...Japanese were as surprised by Nimitz's decision to go the heart of the Marshalls as were his commanders. "There was divided opinion as to whether you would land at Jaluit or Mili," a Japanese staff officer later told his interrogators. "Some thought you would land at Wotje,... | |
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There was divided opinion as to whether you would land at Jaluit or Mille. Some thought you would land at Wotje, but few thought you would go right to the heart of the Marshalls and take Kwajalein. 