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The two-ocean war, by samuel eliot morison
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonThe Two Ocean War
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher: Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
This book has been written in the hope of bringing the exploits of the United States Navy in World War II to the attention of new readers. I have not attempted a uniform condensation of the fifteen previous volumes I have written, but rather to select the most important battles and campaigns.
The Two-Ocean War
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 9781591145240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Originally published in 1963, this classic, single-volume history draws on Morison's definitive 15-volume History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. More than a condensation, The Two-Ocean War highlights the major components of the larger work: the preparation for war, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the long war of attrition between submarines and convoys in the Atlantic, the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway, the long grind of Guadalcanal, the leapfrogging campaigns among the Pacific islands, the invasion of continental Europe, the blazes of glory at Leyte and Okinawa, and the final, grudging surrender of the Japanese.
The Two-Ocean War
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher: Galahad Books
ISBN: 9781578660032
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to the invasion of Europe and the final grudging surrender of the Japanese, Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison delivers a thrilling first-person chronicle of World War II battle at sea. This classic work of military history is culled from Morison's definitive fifteen-volume history of U.S. naval operations during the war. Morison, a decorated Navy captain and distinguished Harvard historian, creates a blazing record of military action, drama, and heroism in this detailed volume. Fully illustrated with 54 charts and maps and 35 photographs, The Two-Ocean War is an outstanding contribution to military history
The Two-Ocean War
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345224934
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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The Two-Ocean War
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345283894
Category : History
Languages : en
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Admiral of the Ocean Sea
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher: Acls History E-Book Project
ISBN: 9781597406192
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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World War II at Sea
Author: Craig L. SymondsPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190243694
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Author of Lincoln and His Admirals (winner of the Lincoln Prize), The Battle of Midway (Best Book of the Year, Military History Quarterly), and Operation Neptune, (winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature), Craig L. Symonds has established himself as one of the finest naval historians at work today. World War II at Sea represents his crowning achievement: a complete narrative of the naval war and all of its belligerents, on all of the world's oceans and seas, between 1939 and 1945. Opening with the 1930 London Conference, Symonds shows how any limitations on naval warfare would become irrelevant before the decade was up, as Europe erupted into conflict once more and its navies were brought to bear against each other. World War II at Sea offers a global perspective, focusing on the major engagements and personalities and revealing both their scale and their interconnection: the U-boat attack on Scapa Flow and the Battle of the Atlantic; the "miracle" evacuation from Dunkirk and the pitched battles for control of Norway fjords; Mussolini's Regia Marina-at the start of the war the fourth-largest navy in the world-and the dominance of the Kidö Butai and Japanese naval power in the Pacific; Pearl Harbor then Midway; the struggles of the Russian Navy and the scuttling of the French Fleet in Toulon in 1942; the landings in North Africa and then Normandy. Here as well are the notable naval leaders-FDR and Churchill, both self-proclaimed "Navy men," Karl Dönitz, François Darlan, Ernest King, Isoroku Yamamoto, Erich Raeder, Inigo Campioni, Louis Mountbatten, William Halsey, as well as the hundreds of thousands of seamen and officers of all nationalities whose live were imperiled and lost during the greatest naval conflicts in history, from small-scale assaults and amphibious operations to the largest armadas ever assembled. Many have argued that World War II was dominated by naval operations; few have shown and how and why this was the case. Symonds combines precision with story-telling verve, expertly illuminating not only the mechanics of large-scale warfare on (and below) the sea but offering wisdom into the nature of the war itself.
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252070655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
"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."
The Invasion of France and Germany
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher: History of USN Operations in W
ISBN: 9781591145776
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Originally published in 1953; new introduction added 2011.