History of United States Naval Operations in World War II [vol. 3].
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
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Published: 1948
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDen amerikansk flådes krigsoperationer under 2. Verdenskrig i 15 bind.
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War at Sea
Author: Nathan Miller
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 614
ISBN-13: 0195110382
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the sinking of the British passenger liner Athenia on September 3, 1939, by a German U-boat (against orders) to the Japanese surrender on board the Missouri on September 2, 1945, War at Sea covers every major naveal battle of World War II. "A first-rate work and the best history of its kind yet written".--Vice Admiral William P. Mack, U.S.N. (Ret.). 30 photos.
Sicily-Salerno-Anzio
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 1954-01-30
Total Pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780316583169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ninth volume in Admiral Morison's history takes up the story of American naval activities in the Mediterranean where Volume II left off, and covers three major amphibious operations-the invasion of Sicily, the capture of the Salerno beachhead, and the long Anzio beachhead struggle. In all three the United States Navy distinguished itself, both for impeccable performance in landing the Army where it wanted to go, and in supporting with naval gunfire the troops fighting ashore.
Building the Navy's Bases in World War II
Author: United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
Publisher:
Published: 1947
Total Pages: 482
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCoral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions: May 1942-August 1942
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher:
Published: 1950
Total Pages: 366
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe United States Navy in World War II
Author: Mark Stille
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-11-11
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 1472848039
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.
A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Author: Paul Dull
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2012-12-12
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9781612512907
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor almost 20 years, more than 200 reels of microfilmed Japanese naval records remained in the custody of the U.S. Naval History Division, virtually untouched. This unique book draws on those sources and others to tell the story of the Pacific War from the viewpoint of the Japanese. Former Marine Corps officer and Asian scholar Paul Dull focuses on the major surface engagements of the war—Coral Sea, Midway, the crucial Solomons campaign, and the last-ditch battles in the Marianas and Philippines. Also included are detailed track charts and a selection of Japanese photographs of major vessels and actions.
History of United States Naval Operations
Author: James A. Field, Jr.
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Published: 2001-12-01
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780898756753
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmericans think of the Korean War as death and hardship in the bitter hills of Korea. It was certainly this, and for those who fought this is what they generally saw. Yet every foot of the struggles forward, every step of the retreats, the overwhelming victories, the withdrawals and last ditch stands had their seagoing support and overtones. The spectacular ones depended wholly on amphibious power -- the capability of the twentieth century scientific Navy to overwhelm land-bound forces at the point of contact. Yet the all pervading influence of the sea was present even when no major landing or retirement or reinforcement highlighted its effect. When navies clash in gigantic battle or hurl troops ashore under irresistible concentration of ship-borne guns and planes, nations understand that sea power is working. It is not so easy to understand that this tremendous force may effect its will silently, steadily, irresistibly even though no battles occur. No clearer example exists of this truth in wars dark record than in Korea. Communist-controlled North Korea had slight power at sea except for Soviet mines. So beyond this strong underwater phase the United States Navy and allies had little opposition on the water. It is, therefore, easy to fail to recognize the decisive role navies played in this war fought without large naval battles.
Leyte
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
The Liberation of the Philippines
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher: History of United States Naval
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781591145783
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHighly detailed account of events in the Pacific during the winter of 1944 - 1945 After the Battle of Leyte Gulf, which crushed Japanese naval power in the Pacific even more effectively than American naval chiefs were aware at the time, the U.S. moved against Japan to liberate the Philippines. Here, the carrier actions supporting these operations are told in detail. Through Admiral Samuel Morison's eloquence, the half-forgotten, far-off names of these Philippine battles come to life again, as he tells of the preliminary bombardments, the assaults over the beaches, and the land fighting for the islands and Manila, as well as of the countermeasures taken against the fanatical air attacks of the Japanese. Here too is Admiral Halsey's famous raid of Task Force 38 in the South China Sea, ranging from Formosa to Indochina. Of particular interest to sailors and landsmen alike is the chapter on the frightful typhoon of 18 December, 1944, in which three U.S. ships went down and over eight hundred lives were lost. Additional chapters tell the story of the three amphibious assaults on Borneo by Australian troops covered by the U.S. Navy; of submarine operations in the southwest Pacific in 1945; and of Captain Milton Miles's amazing U.S. Naval Group, China, which carried out cloak-and-dagger operations on the mainland for years and fought the last naval battle of the war with sailing junks.
