Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions: May 1942-August 1942
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions: May 1942-August 1942
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
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."
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II/ 9, Sicily - Salerno - Anzio : January 1943 - June 1944
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252070624
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: Leyte, June 1944-January 1945
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252070631
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Volume 12: Leyte, June 1944-January 1945, is a dramatic retelling of the greatest naval battle of all time, the Battle for Leyte Gulf. The Allied victory at Leyte enabled the U.S. Navy to transport troops and base long-range bomber planes in positions so close to Japan that victory was all but assured.
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: The liberation of the Philippines, Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas, 1944-1945
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252070648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Covers 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
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II.: Coral Sea, Midway and submarine actions, May 1942-August 1942
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Priceless Advantage
Author: Frederick D. ParkerPublisher:
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Category : Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
USS Pampanito
Author: Gregory F MichnoPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806153903
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Most World War II submarine stories are glorifications of war written by submarine captains about their own boats. But the USS Pampanito was not a typical submarine. The sub and its crew caused plenty of destruction, but they found the pinnacle of their honor and fame in a dramatic sea rescue. Gregory F. Michno relates the experiences of the crewmen—both enlisted men and officers—who served on the USS Pampanito. The Pampanito story begins with the boat's construction in 1943, continues through its six combat missions, and concludes with its decommissioning after the war in 1945. The heart of the book is the September 12, 1944, attack on a Japanese convoy carrying English and Australian POWs from the Burma-Siam Railway (of Bridge on the River Kwai fame) to prison camps in Japan. The Pampanito helped sink two of the prison ships, unwittingly killing hundreds of Allied soldiers, but then returned to rescue the survivors. The crew picked a record seventy-three men from the sea.
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II.
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description