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Defenses of Pearl Harbor and Oahu 1907-50 by G Williford & T McGovern Soft Cover
Defenses of Pearl Harbor and Oahu 1907-50 by G Williford & T McGovern
Defenses of Pearl Harbor and Oahu 1907-50
G Williford & T McGovern
Illustrated by C Taylor
Soft Cover
64 Pages
Copyright 2003
Contents
Introduction4
Chronology6
Hawaii and its history9
The initial Oahu defense plans12
Building the defenses15
The first phase of coastal defenses The initial land defense project The 1915-16 board additions Military development to 1925
Garrison life on Oahu26
Defense modification between the wars29
The 1940 program
Fortress Oahu at war 1941-4537
The attack on Pearl Harbor Wartime enhancements The naval turret projects
Postwar changes and developments50
Assessment and conclusions52
The sites today54
Bibliography and further reading58
Appendix59
Coastal artillery seacoast cannons on Oahu 1907-50 Fixed artillery defenses of Oahu 1907-50
Index64
At the beginning of the 20th century, the military importance of the Hawaiian Islands became clear. Oahu in particular was a key bastion in projecting America's military power in the Pacific. The island was turned into a military fortress - and yet it also became the site of one of America's greatest defensive failures, the Japanese attack of December 7, 1941. By the end of World War H, the harbor itself was the most heavily defended in the world, and the island had earned the sobriquet "Fortress Oahu." This title documents the development of the coastal, air and land defense systems that served to protect Pearl Harbor and Honolulu from 1907 to 1950, and seeks to understand why these failed at a critical point.
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