Published on the first anniversary of Japan's surrender, this August 1946 article reflects on the close of World War II and the sweeping changes the atomic bomb brought to naval strategy. With Operation Crossroads — the Bikini Atoll atomic tests — just completed, the Navy was reassessing the role of surface fleets, carrier aviation, and submarines in an atomic age.
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