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Bases. In the kind of Pacific warfare which Vice Admiral John W. Greenslade calls "omnibian," air and sea bases are as important as numbers of planes and ships. In this respect Japan is in a far stronger position than the Allies. At sea, while the Allies improvise with external lines at such harbors as Noumea and Suva, the Japs have great forward bases at Rabaul, Surabaya, Singapore, intermediate bastions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: We Have Not Yet Begun | 2/8/1943 | See Source »

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