The Great Naval Battles of the Pacific War collects official Admiralty accounts, allowing readers to examine this archival analysis without visiting the archives. The Royal Navy and US Navy divided the main Allied maritime theaters, yet each kept studying the other because their operational experience was unusually relevant. The Royal Navy led in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Indian Ocean while the US Navy concentrated its expanding two-ocean fleet against Japan, with forces shared when circumstances required. Alongside the events of each battle, the account examines which facts British analysts selected and what those choices reveal about their concerns.
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How the Royal Navy studied American Pacific battles
An Admiralty collection shows how the Royal Navy read American reports from Coral Sea, Midway, and Leyte Gulf.