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    Battle Of Savo Island - Lessons Learned And Future Implications
    Battle Of Savo Island - Lessons Learned And Future Implications
    Battle Of Savo Island - Lessons Learned And Future Implications
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    Battle Of Savo Island - Lessons Learned And Future Implications

    By Colonel Thomas McCool

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    As the United States enters into the 21st century, it will face new and different challenges that will be more complex than those encountered in the past. Evolutions in doctrine, training, and equipment modernization, influenced by informational and technological advances, will enhance U.S. ability to accomplish national objectives. Valuable lessons learned can be realized by studying past operations that failed to understand the threat and capitalize on friendly capabilities. The Battle of Savo Island in August 1942 is one such event. This short but violent naval engagement, a daring Japanese night surface attack conducted at the beginning of the Guadalcanal campaign on 9 August 1942, was a significant tactical victory for the Imperial Japanese Fleet and has been called the worst blue water defeat in the U.S. Navy’s history. This paper will address the shortcomings at Savo Island, particularly in terms of intelligence, command and control, training, force protection, and leadership and discuss these concepts as they apply to current and future operations in the 21st century.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVerdun Press
    Release dateAug 15, 2014
    ISBN9781782898085
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      Battle Of Savo Island - Lessons Learned And Future Implications - Colonel Thomas McCool

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      Text originally published in 2002 under the same title.

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      Publisher’s Note

      Although in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit.

      We have also made every effort to include all maps and illustrations of the original edition the limitations of formatting do not allow of including larger maps, we will upload as many of these maps as possible.

      Battle of Savo Island — Lessons Learned and Future Implications

      By

      Colonel Thomas McCool

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

      ABSTRACT 5

      PREFACE 6

      BATTLE OF SAVO ISLAND — LESSONS LEARNED AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS 7

      STRATEGIC OVERVIEW 8

      THE PRINCIPALS 11

      JAPANESE: 11

      ALLIES: 11

      AREA OF OPERATIONS 12

      SETTING THE CONDITIONS 12

      THE ENGAGEMENT 18

      LESSONS LEARNED 21

      THE AFTERMATH 24

      ASYMMETRIC CHALLENGES 26

      CONCLUSION 28

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 29

      BIBLIOGRAPHY 30

      ABSTRACT

      As the United States enters into the 21st century, it will face new and different challenges that will be more complex than those encountered in the past. Evolutions in doctrine, training, and equipment modernization, influenced by informational and technological advances, will enhance U.S. ability to accomplish national objectives. Valuable lessons learned can be realized by studying past operations that failed to understand the threat and capitalize on friendly capabilities. The Battle of Savo Island in August 1942 is one such event. This short but violent naval engagement, a daring Japanese night surface attack conducted at the beginning of the Guadalcanal campaign on 9 August 1942, was a significant tactical victory for the Imperial Japanese Fleet and has been called the worst blue water defeat in the U.S. Navy’s history. This paper will address the shortcomings at Savo Island, particularly in terms of intelligence, command and control, training, force protection, and leadership and discuss these concepts as they apply to current and future operations in the 21st century.

      PREFACE

      I would like to thank Colonel Brian Moore for his outstanding guidance, support and assistance. His understanding of the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war, along with an unprecedented knowledge of past campaigns and conflicts, has proved invaluable throughout the course of this research.

      BATTLE OF SAVO ISLAND — LESSONS LEARNED AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS

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