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61) Victory at sea
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Documentary about the naval operations of World War II, considered to be a classic.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Presents a military biography of Ray Daves, who served in the Navy before and during WWII and witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor, survived the torpedoing of the Yorktown, and encountered many dangers while serving at a variety of stations and aboard many different vessels.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The stunning and decisive battle of Midway was perhaps the most crucial naval battle in the Pacific theater during World War II. Walter Lord explained away the US victory at Midway against a numerically superior and apparently more skilled Japanese fleet due to 'Lady Luck.' In The Silver Waterfall acclaimed historian Brendan Simms and historian and military veteran Steve McGregor show it was no such thing. Luck had little to do with it. Instead the...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Scapa Flow, a vast, natural harbour in the Orkney Islands, served as the Royal Navy's main base during the two world wars, from where ships sailed to the Battle of Jutland in the First and in convoy to northern Russia in the Second. Thousands of men and women saw service in and around this remote anchorage, including soldiers and sailors who crewed the ships and manned the lonely batteries, and Wrens, nurses and civilians who were posted there. Scapa...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In the early morning hours of May 3, 1813, British Rear Admiral George Cockburn launched a brutal attack on the city of Havre de Grace, Maryland. Without mercy for age or infirmity, the British troops plundered and torched much of the town. It was the beginning of the Chesapeake Campaign of the War of 1812, and it would only end with the burning of the capital and the failed siege of Baltimore. Author Heidi Glatfelter traces the attack and the response...
Author
Series
Pen and Sword military classics volume no. 16
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"Captain Bennett discusses the traumatic effects of the Washington and London Naval Treaties on the fleets of the principal powers between the wars, and their astonishing growth and technical progress between 1939 and 1945. He then deals with the war in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The Battle of the River Plate, the struggle for Narvik, the hunt for the Bismarck, the destruction of the Italian Fleet at Taranto and Matapan are all vividly described...
73) Stark Realities
Author
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A thrilling World War One adventure from the author of the Nicholas Everard naval thrillers. It is October 1918 and Germany is suing for peace. All U-boats have been ordered home from patrol. Among them is U81, commanded by Otto von Mettendorff : young, dynamic, and infatuated with a girl who works near Wilhelmshaven, the port U81 is now returning to. Unfortunately, U81 is holed by a destroyer on its way home. Meanwhile in London, Anne Laurie , a...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A new book from this bestselling author covering the events at sea in the early years of World War II, in which he has compiled comprehensive research and insight into a highly readable and detailed account of British and Allied submarine warfare in north European waters at the beginning of the war. The early chapters describe prewar submarine development, including technical advances and limitations, weapons, tactical use and life onboard, and examine...
Author
Series
Publisher
The Kent State University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
On March 9, 1862, the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia met in the Battle of Hampton Roads-the first time ironclad vessels would engage each other in combat. For four hours the two ships pummeled one another as thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers and civilians watched from the shorelines. Although the battle ended in a draw, this engagement would change the nature of naval warfare by informing both vessel design and battle tactics. The "wooden...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Drawn from new sources, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian presents a gripping narrative that recreates the events that inspired hundreds of slaves to pressure British admirals into becoming liberators by using their intimate knowledge of the countryside to transform the war.
Author
Publisher
Verdun Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A brilliant, concise and, perhaps, best single volume history of the Second World War at Sea. Written by veteran historian E. B. Potter during his time as resident historian at the United States Naval Academy this history is filled with action and analysis. As the conflict raged from the Pacific to the North Sea the author takes the action in each theater for the purposes of clarity but masterfully links the actions and events together to preserve...
80) The carrier war
Author
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
1982
Language
English
Description
Presents photographic records of the Pacific War in World War II as seen from both sides.
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