Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
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Category : Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942
Languages : en
Pages : 307

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Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780785813057
Category : Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This volume turns the corner from defeat to victory, beginning with the first of the great carrier actions of the war, the Battle of the Coral Sea. This is followed by a detailed account, the first to be written from Japanese as well as American sources, of the decisive Battle of Midway, and the Japanese thrust on the Aleutians, which ended with their occupation of Attu and Kiska. Part II, entitled "Submarine Actions", tells the little-known story of the "Silent Service", which courageously attacked Japanese shipping during the first year of the war.

Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
ISBN: 9780316583176
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445

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Recounts 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

Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
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Category : Guadalcanal Island (Solomon Islands), Battle of, 1942-1943
Languages : en
Pages : 389

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Author: Frederick D. Parker
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Category : Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942
Languages : en
Pages : 74

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Author: Gordon W. Prange
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 148048945X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 359

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New York Times bestseller: The true story of the WWII naval battle portrayed in the Roland Emmerich film is “something special among war histories” (Chicago Sun-Times). Six months after Pearl Harbor, the seemingly invincible Imperial Japanese Navy prepared a decisive blow against the United States. After sweeping through Asia and the South Pacific, Japan’s military targeted the tiny atoll of Midway, an ideal launching pad for the invasion of Hawaii and beyond. But the US Navy would be waiting for them. Thanks to cutting-edge code-breaking technology, tactical daring, and a significant stroke of luck, the Americans under Adm. Chester W. Nimitz dealt Japan’s navy its first major defeat in the war. Three years of hard fighting remained, but it was at Midway that the tide turned. This “stirring, even suspenseful narrative” is the first book to tell the story of the epic battle from both the American and Japanese sides (Newsday). Miracle at Midway reveals how America won its first and greatest victory of the Pacific war—and how easily it could have been a loss.

Author: Craig L. Symonds
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199315981
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 465

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A close-up look at the battle of Midway Island analyzes this crucial naval victory, which marked the turning point for the American fleet in the Pacific theater of World War II.

Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher: History of United States Naval
ISBN: 9781591145783
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Highly 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.