Study Group Details
1740: World War II Naval Battles in The Pacific
Tuesday10:30 - 12:00
Starting June 03
Online
This course is going to start with the December seventh attack on Pearl Harbor and look at five key naval battles that shaped the war in the Pacific. We will focus primarily on the carrier fleet battles between the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy. Although the amphibious invasion became the hallmark of the WW II Allied counter attack across the Pacific, it was the aircraft carrier battles that determined the outcome of the war. Each of these five battles marked significant changes in the conduct of the naval war in the Pacific. This study group meets at 10:30 AM-12:00 PM on Tuesdays from June 3-24.
This course is being offered through the OLLI at Carnegie Mellon University.
This study group is new
Class Type: Lecture
Class Format: Online
Hours of Reading: No required reading
Study Group Leader(s):
Peter Oleinick
Peter Oleinick earned a PhD in electrical and computer engineering from in 1978. He spent the next 13 years in Silicon Valley working for high-tech companies like HP and several high-tech startup companies. Peter moved back to Pittsburgh in 1991 to work at Transarc, a startup formed by a number of Carnegie Mellon U. computer scientists. After a 40-year career at various high-tech companies, Peter retired in 2017. Peter now volunteers his time at Osher and a number of non-profits including: The Pittsburgh Zoo, the Hebrew Free Loan Association, the Moonshot Museum, and the MS Society. This will be the tenth World War II History class Peter has taught at Osher.