United States Destroyer Operations in World War II.
Author: Theodore Roscoe
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 720
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Author: Theodore Roscoe
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 720
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2002-02-05
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780252070655
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This final narrative volume of Morison's history recounts the infamous campaigns for Iwo Jima and Okinawa, two of the most bitterly contested campaigns of the war.When the U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima, they expected to secure it within a few days. No one had anticipated Japan's determination to defend the island to the last man. Morison describes the Japanese defense system of camouflaged rifle pits and fortified gunning positions that held the Allies at bay and the heavy and continuous cover of naval gunfire that prevented even greater losses. As it was, the securing of Iwo Jima cost the United States more casualties than had been incurred in taking any other island in the Pacific. On Okinawa, the conflict stretched over six long, bloody months.As land forces struggled for every inch they took on the islands, the U.S. Navy faced the desperate fury of the kamimaze corps and its harvest of flaming terror: explosions, burning and flooded ships, searing injuries and death. Fierce weather, logistical complexities, Japanese submarines, and the unexpected death of President Roosevelt also took their toll. Morison concludes his epic account with the final skirmishes of the war, the fateful decision to drop the atomic bomb, and the delicate negotiations leading to Japanese surrender."
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780252070617
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume 10: The Atlantic Battle Won, May 1943-May 1945, focuses on the war on enemy submarines--a war fought up and down the Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to Brazil. This is the story of the great offensive that allowed the Western Allies to gain the upper hand in the Atlantic war.
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780252070648
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovers the taking of Mindoro as a stepping stone to Luzon, the major landings on the shores of Lingayen Gulf, and the amphibious landings that wrested Borneo from the Japanese, as well as the series of short, swift operations that liberated Palawan, Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, and Mindanao
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780252070624
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Theodore Roscoe
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Published: 1953
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 455
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Theodore Roscoe
Publisher: Annapolis, U.S. Naval Institute
Published: 1949
Total Pages: 704
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe complete and dramatic story of how the U.S. Navy's "Silent Service" helped win the most extensive underseas war in history.
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
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Published: 1947
Total Pages: 436
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKEach of these 15 volumes covers a period and campaigns in the Pacific, Atlantic and North African waters during World War II. It was Morison's aim to show what the U.S. Navy accomplished in the greatest of all wars and how it was done. The story, in the main, is one of fighting; that is what the Navy is for and what its entire effort was directed toward. But the author included enough space to strategic discussions, planning, organization, and logistics to explain the end product -- the naval operations. And when other armed services of the United States and her allies participated, he brought them in too, although not in so great detail. Filled with many maps, a number of them larger fold-outs, and black and white photos of the ships, personnel and operations.
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Published: 1958
Total Pages: 445
ISBN-13: 9780316583176
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecounts the role of the United States in World War II at sea, from encounters in the Atlantic before the country entered the war to the surrender of Japan