Air power shifts from fleet spear to theater shaper, guiding the Pacific toward strategic bombing and total war.
The Pacific air war leveraged weather forecasting so precise it could predict enemy bomb patterns within a few hours, shaping major battles.
Strikes against carrier fleets often targeted weather ships first, exploiting that their weather data centers acted as moving command hubs.
Japanese pilots nicknamed the B-29s over the Pacific 'flying fortresses,' but Allied codebreakers reshaped the battlefield by sabotaging their weather decrypts.
Radio silence during long-range missions created artificial night-like darkness, dramatically increasing surprise and reducing enemy anti-aircraft effectiveness.
The Pacific air war leveraged weather forecasting so precise it could predict enemy bomb patterns within a few hours, shaping major battles.
Strikes against carrier fleets often targeted weather ships first, exploiting that their weather data centers acted as moving command hubs.
Japanese pilots nicknamed the B-29s over the Pacific 'flying fortresses,' but Allied codebreakers reshaped the battlefield by sabotaging their weather decrypts.
Radio silence during long-range missions created artificial night-like darkness, dramatically increasing surprise and reducing enemy anti-aircraft effectiveness.
