How a Shooting Range Helped Admiral Nimitz Win the Pacific War

Описание: The Pacific War had the most powerful naval commander in American history — and his most important habit had nothing to do with tactics. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz kept a pistol range at his headquarters in Pearl Harbor and later in Guam, on the prescription of his fleet surgeon, who explained: "In shooting a pistol, one can think of nothing else but pulling the trigger." During the Battle of Midway — while American pilots were dying over Japanese carriers — Nimitz was on that range. This is the story of how one admiral's quiet ritual helped turn the tide of the entire Pacific War.

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📚 HISTORICAL SOURCES
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▸ Potter, E. B. Nimitz — Naval Institute Press, 1976 (reissued 1987)
▸ Hone, Trent. Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific — Naval Institute Press, 2022
▸ Symonds, Craig L. Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay — Oxford University Press, 2022
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▸ Toll, Ian W. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942 — W. W. Norton, 2012
▸ Sherrod, Robert. On to Westward: War in the Central Pacific — Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1945

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