Adm. Nimitz's WWII diary posted online
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:40 pmThe U.S. Naval War College released a trove of World War II information Monday by posting online the operational diary kept by the Pacific commander, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, during the war against Japan.
The 4,000-page multivolume collection includes a running summary of the situation for every day of the war in the Pacific compiled by Nimitz's planning staff. It is the only known similar document to survive from the war, said Prof. John Hattendorf, who teaches maritime history at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I.
The Nimitz "Graybook," named for the gray material in which it is bound, is posted at http://www.usnwc.edu/graybook . Traffic was so heavy Monday that the site was inaccessible to many, a spokeswoman for the Naval War College said. They were working to fix the problem.
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The 4,000-page multivolume collection includes a running summary of the situation for every day of the war in the Pacific compiled by Nimitz's planning staff. It is the only known similar document to survive from the war, said Prof. John Hattendorf, who teaches maritime history at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I.
The Nimitz "Graybook," named for the gray material in which it is bound, is posted at http://www.usnwc.edu/graybook . Traffic was so heavy Monday that the site was inaccessible to many, a spokeswoman for the Naval War College said. They were working to fix the problem.
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