NOW HEAR THIS!;SHIPS OF THE U.S. NAVY IN WORLD WAR II
Author: JOHN J. MOTLEY.
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Published: 2020
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781839742392
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Now Hear This!
Author: John Motley
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-01-01
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781523209521
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow Hear This!, first published in 1947, is an account of the combat actions of representative ships of the U.S. Navy during World War II in all theaters of the War. Included are accounts of historic battleships such as the Missouri and Iowa, aircraft carriers such as the Hornet and Saratoga, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines, as well as the exploits of lesser known, but vital to the war effort, merchant marine ships, transport ships, landing craft, tender ships, store ships, PT boats, hospital ships, and even 'lowly' tugs. The accounts, prepared from official U.S. Navy records and from interviews with crew members, are succinct, yet authoritative, making Now Hear This! an invaluable reference to the military scholar or anyone interested in learning more about the U.S. naval fleet, and the service, drama, and hardships the ships and their crews faced as they battled enemy ships, submarines, aircraft, mines, sharks, violent weather, and more. Included is an Appendix listing ships receiving various commendations, a list of naval vessels lost during the war, and a chronology of important Second World War naval events. Also included are 16 pages of photographs.
Now Hear This!
Author: John J. Motley
Publisher: Zenger Pub
Published: 1947
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780892010578
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorld War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with General Sources
Author: Loyd Lee
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 1997-08-21
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 0313033145
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA broadly interdisciplinary work, this handbook discusses the best and most enduring literature related to the major topics and themes of World War II. Military historiography is treated in essays on the major theaters of military operations and the related themes of logistics and intelligence, while political and diplomatic history is covered in chapters on international relations, resistance movements, and collaboration. The volume analyzes themes of domestic history in essays on economic mobilization, the home fronts, and women in the military and civilian life. The book also covers the Holocaust. This handbook approaches each topic from a global viewpoint rather than focusing on individual national communities. Except for nonprint material, the literature, research, and sources surveyed are primarily those available in English. The volume is aimed at both experts on the war and the general academic community and will also be useful to students and serious laymen interested in the war.
The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939-May 1943
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9780252069635
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume I: The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939-May 1943 concerns Allied efforts to protect shipping, supply, and troop transport against Axis submarines and their supporting aircraft and ships. Morison discusses all U.S. naval operations in the Atlantic from pole to pole and in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Barents Sea, and Atlantic territorial waters.
Stand By-y-y to Start Engines
Author: Daniel V. Gallery
Publisher: New York : Paperback Library
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780446889216
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwelve stories of giant practical jokes or tricky maneuvers played by various officers of the Navy--a Blue Angel pilot, a bright young Ensign, and various competitive Admirals--on other members of their service, the Army, and gentlemen of the press.
The United States Navy in World War II
Author: Mark Stille
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-11-11
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1472848063
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive overview of the strategy, operations and vessels of the United States Navy from 1941 to 1945. Although slowly building its navy while neutral during the early years of World War II, the US was struck a serious blow when its battleships, the lynchpin of US naval doctrine, were the target of the dramatic attack at Pearl Harbor. In the Pacific Theatre, the US was thereafter locked into a head to head struggle with the impressive Imperial Japanese Navy, fighting a series of major battles in the Coral Sea, at Midway, the Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf and Okinawa in the struggle for supremacy over Japan. Having avoided the decisive defeat sought by the IJN, the US increased industrial production and by the end of the war, the US Navy was larger than any other in the world. Meanwhile in the west, the US Navy operated on a second front, supporting landings in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy, and in 1944 played a significant part in the D-Day landings, the largest and most complex amphibious operation of all time. Written by an acknowledged expert and incorporating extensive illustrations including photographs, maps and colour artwork, this book offers a detailed look at the strategy, operations and vessels of the US Navy in World War II.
The Silent Service in World War II
Author: Edward Monroe-Jones
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 2012-12-07
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1612001378
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the naval battle of Guadalcanal to rescuing George Bush Sr. in the Pacific, here are the stories of US submariners in WWII. The Silent Service in World War II tells the story of America’s intrepid submarine warriors in the words of the men who served and fought in the Pacific against Japan. When Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941, the enemy had already deployed naval forces, but the United States was soon able to match them. By 1943, new Gato-class submarines were making a difference, carrying the war not just to the Japanese Imperial Navy, but to the vital merchant fleet that transported essential resources to the island country. Starting with the American victory at Guadalcanal, US submarine forces began to constrict the Japanese sea lanes. Operating independently and in wolfpacks, they attacked convoys operating beyond the range of American airpower, making daring forays even into Japanese home waters. Taking on Japanese warships, as well as rescuing downed airmen—including the grateful first President Bush—US submarines made an enormous contribution to our war against Japan. Aside from enemy action, the sea itself could be an extremely hostile environment—as many of these stories attest. From early war patrols in obsolescent, unreliable S-boats to modern fleet submarines roving the Pacific, the forty-six stories in this anthology offer a full understanding of life as a US Navy submariner in combat.
The US Navy in World War II
Author: Mark Henry
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-08-20
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13: 1782002464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1941 the US Navy had 17 battleships of which eight would be knocked out on the first day of the war four aircraft carriers, and about 340,000 men including reservists. Pearl Harbor so weakened it that it was unable to prevent the Japanese capture of the Philippines and a vast sweep of Pacific islands. By 1945 it was the strongest navy the world had ever seen, with nearly 100 carriers, 41,000 aircraft and 3.3 million men; the unrivalled master of air-sea and amphibious operations, it was poised to invade Japan's home islands after reducing her fleet to scrap and her Pacific empire to impotence and starvation. This extraordinary story is illustrated here with dramatic photos, and nine meticulous colour plates showing a wide range of USN uniforms.
The U.S. Navy's "Interim" LSM(R)s in World War II
Author: Ron MacKay, Jr.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2016-05-03
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1476623287
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe "Interim" LSM(R) or Landing Ship, Medium (Rocket) was a revolutionary development in rocket warfare in World War II and the U.S. Navy's first true rocket ship. An entirely new class of commissioned warship and the forerunners of today's missile-firing naval combatants, these ships began as improvised conversions of conventional amphibious landing craft in South Carolina's Charleston Navy Yard during late 1944. They were rushed to the Pacific Theatre to support the U.S. Army and Marines with heavy rocket bombardments that devastated Japanese forces on Okinawa in 1945. Their primary mission was to deliver maximum firepower to enemy targets ashore. Yet LSM(R)s also repulsed explosive Japanese speed boats, rescued crippled warships, recovered hundreds of survivors at sea and were deployed as antisubmarine hunter-killers. Casualties were staggering: enemy gunfire blasted one, while kamikaze attacks sank three, crippled a fourth and grazed two more. This book provides a comprehensive operational history of the Navy's 12 original "Interim" LSM(R)s.
