Official U. S. Navy Photograph

German Attacks on the Murmansk Run

By A. E. Sokol
December 1952
Hitler’s decision to attack the Soviet Union in 1941 was based on two assumptions: (1) that his armies would be able to overrun western Russia within a few months; and ...

Strategic Aspects of the Battle Off Formosa

By Vice Admiral Shigeru Fukudome, former Imperial Japanese Navy
December 1952
After the loss of the Marianas, the Imperial Japanese General Headquarters revised its over-all plan for the conduct of the war in order to meet the grave situation which had ...

Tug of War In the Baltic

By William H. Hessler
December 1952
Naval and air command of the Mediterranean is one of the truly great strategic assets of the Western coalition, in its task of defending free Europe against encroachment or attack ...

When T. R. Streamlined the Officers

By Rear Admiral Lucius W. Johnson (MC.), U. S. Navy (Retired)
December 1952
Is it true, what they say about elephants? If they really do excel all other animals in the tenacity of their memories, then President Theodore Roosevelt must have had a ...

Research For The Royal Navy

By Lieutenant Commander Trevor Blore, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
December 1952
A newcomer to the wardroom of the flagship of Britain’s Home Fleet these days might well wonder about a brother officer who never wears a uniform. He would be told ...

The Danger of a Pre-Conceived Naval Strategy

By Commander G. W. Kittredge, U. S. Navy
December 1952
The time was September, 1940, the early part of September. Six French warships slipped out of the port of Toulon and passed through the Straits of Gibraltar. No effort was ...

Thanks to Yellow Fever

By Eleanor A. Fay
December 1952
After a short interval we are again in combat. Again there is need for hospital ships. Take a look at the gleaming white U. S. Naval vessel with the big ...

The Jet Stream

By Lieutenant Commander William J. Kotsch, U.S. Navy
December 1952
There’s a mighty big wind blowing in the upper levels of the earth’s atmosphere these days. In fact, it’s been blowing for centuries, but the lack of frequent and dependable ...

The Japanese Sword

By Captain F. D. McCorkle, U. S. Navy
December 1952
Before World War II most of us gave little consideration to the Japanese Samurai Sword. Didn’t officers of all Navies carry swords on occasion? Why should the Japanese sword differ ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

December 1952
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Book Reviews

December 1952
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Professional Notes

December 1952
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