Strategy in the Pacific Report by J.I.C.

11. In fact, the Japanese navy has been thoroughly frightened by the events of the last few months and will remain conspicuously absent in areas within striking distance of the U.S. hammer blows from heavy ships, carriers, and shore-based aircraft. Air Forces Shore-based 12. Throughout this paper it has been assumed that in the operations envisaged the Japanese air forces will operate more intensely than in the past and that, in consequence, they will suffer greater wastage. Should the policy of conservation be continued, however, and wastage remain at approximately its recent level, both Army and Navy air forces could and probably would expand.