Hindcasting the Japanese Military Base on Midway Atoll (Central Pacific)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12844504 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dirk H R Spennemann (0000-0003-2639-7950, Charles Sturt University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 136-159 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1574-0773 • E-ISSN: 1574-0781 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/1574077313z.00000000022 |
| OpenAlex | W2091057289 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
The Battle of Midway was the turning point of World War II in the Pacific. Not only did the battle cost the Japanese Navy four of its fleet carriers, it also thwarted Japanese hopes of establishing a seaplane base there. Midway, in conjunction with another in the Aleutians, was to be the anchor of Japan's eastern defence perimeter. Drawing on an analysis of the Japanese military base on Kiska (Aleutians) this paper reconstructs what equipment the Japanese had destined to be placed on Midway. A comparison with the well-documented Japanese bases on Micronesian atolls allows us to hind-cast the appearance of a base that never was
Ancient history · Archaeology · Atoll · Base (topology · Battle · Ethnology · Geography · Hindcast · Meteorology · Micronesian · Military Base · Navy · Pacific ocean · History · Japanese History and Culture · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Geology · Oceanography
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |