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Great Naval Battles of the Pacific War

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Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 1399011693
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Great Naval Battles of the Pacific War written by and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2022-06-20 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The key naval battles against Imperial Japan in the Pacific during the Second World War have been described many times by numerous diligent and skilful historians. Such histories are, of course, the products of many years, even decades, of accumulated knowledge, but also of a received consensus of how the war played out to its, seemingly, inevitable conclusion. That of course is not how it was perceived at the time. Hindsight, as we know, gives us 20/20 vision. The accounts here, compiled for and on behalf of the Admiralty, were written either during or immediately after the end of the war before historians had begun to give their assessments of these momentous events. These accounts were written for internal consumption, to guide and instruct naval officers. It was never intended that they would be released to the general public. As such, there was no jingoistic drum beating, no axes to grind, no new angles to try and find. The authors of these accounts relate each battle, move by move, as they unfolded, accurately and dispassionately. This makes these accounts so invaluable. They read almost like a running commentary, as action follows action, minute follows minute. This sensation is magnified by the absolute impartiality of the authors, their sole attempt being to provide a thorough but very clear and comprehensible record so that others in the future could understand precisely how each battle was fought. These accounts can never be superseded and never replaced. Written by naval officers of the time for naval officers of the future, they are the permanent record of the great victories, and the sobering defeat in the Java Sea, during the struggle for control of the Pacific which, for many months, hung precariously in the balance.

The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780961561
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942 written by Mark Stille and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the Pacific. The battle of Savo Island on the night of 9 August 1942, saw the Japanese inflict a sever defeat on the Allied force, driving them away from Guadalcanal and leaving the just-landed marines in a perilously exposed position. This was the start of a series of night battles that culminated in the First and Second battles of Guadalcanal, fought on the nights of 13 and 15 November. One further major naval action followed, the battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942, when the US Navy once again suffered a severe defeat, but this time it was too late to alter the course of the battle as the Japanese evacuated Guadalcanal in early February 1943.This title will detail the contrasting fortunes experienced by both sides over the intense course of naval battles around the island throughout the second half of 1942 that did so much to turn the tide in the Pacific.

Sea of Thunder

Author : Evan Thomas
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743252225
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Sea of Thunder written by Evan Thomas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-06 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on oral histories, diaries, correspondence, postwar testimony from both American and Japanese participants, and interviews with survivors, Thomas provides this riveting account of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944, the culminating battle of the war in the Pacific. Photos.

The Great Pacific War

Author : Hector C. Bywater
Publisher : Applewood Books
ISBN 13 : 1557095574
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book The Great Pacific War written by Hector C. Bywater and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2002-04 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This gripping blow-by-blow account of a war between the United States and Japan, originally published in 1925, predicted actual events. Writing 16 years before the japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Bywater, the world's leading naval authority in the period between the two world wars, prophesied a Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. in the Pacific, while simultaneously invading the Phillippines and Guam.

Pacific Campaign

Author : Dan Van der Vat
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671792172
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Pacific Campaign written by Dan Van der Vat and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1992-12 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naval history of the United States and Japan in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

Author : James W. Grace
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal written by James W. Grace and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most ferocious naval battles of World War II, the night action off the coast of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942 - between U.S. cruisers and Japanese battleships fighting at point-blank range - claimed the lives of two American admirals. Though famous for tipping the scales in favor of the U.S. Navy in this critical area of the Pacific, this action has never before received the treatment provided in this book. Here, James Grace describes events from deck level and from both sides. He draws on a wealth of previously untapped primary sources, including the vivid personal recollections of some two hundred Japanese and American survivors of the fight. These eyewitness accounts lend immediacy to a work that will appeal to the general reader as well as to serious World War II buffs and historians.

The Pacific War

Author : John Costello
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0688016200
Total Pages : 759 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Pacific War written by John Costello and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1982-12-01 with total page 759 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Costello's The Pacific War has now established itself as the standard one-volume account of World War II in the Pacific. Never before have the separate stories of fighting in China, Malaya, Burma, the East Indies, the Phillipines, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Aleutians been so brilliantly woven together to provide a clear account of one of the most massive movements of men and arms in history. The complex social, political, and economic causes that underlay the war are here carefully analyzed, impelling the reader to see it as the inevitable conclusion to a series of historical events. And the bloody fighting that indelibly recorded names like Midway and Iwo Jima in the annals of human conflict is described in detail, through its ominous conclusion in the mushroom clouds of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The Last Epic Naval Battle

Author : David Sears
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 045122132X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book The Last Epic Naval Battle written by David Sears and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By October, 1944, Japan's once-mighty naval power was almost extinguished. But in one last desperate bid, the Japanese gathered and combined their forces to defeat the Pacific Fleet of the United States Navy. With more ships engaged than there were even in the gargantuan World War I Battle of Jutland-and 200,000 men fighting on the sea and in the air- the Battle of Leyte Gulf was a hellish cacophony of cannon fire, murderous strafing airplanes, and deadly explosions. Here, in the words of the men who were there, are the dramatic accounts of what really happened at Leyte. Though often overshadowed by other Pacific War engagements, such as Midway or Guadalcanal, the Battle of Leyte Gulf was, and remains, the largest battle in the history of naval warfare.

Japanese Destroyer Captain

Author : Tameichi Hara
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612513743
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Destroyer Captain written by Tameichi Hara and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its insights into the Japanese side of the surface war in the Pacific. The author was a survivor of more than one hundred sorties against the Allies and was known throughout Japan as the "Unsinkable Captain." A hero to his countrymen, Capt. Hara exemplified the best in Japanese surface commanders: highly skilled (he wrote the manual on torpedo warfare), hard driving, and aggressive. Moreover, he maintained a code of honor worthy of his samurai grandfather, and, as readers of this book have come to appreciate, he was as free with praise for American courage and resourcefulness as he was critical of himself and his senior commanders.

A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy

Author : Paul Dull
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781612512907
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy written by Paul Dull and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 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.

The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781780961545
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942 written by Mark Stille and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the Pacific, it also marks the high point of Japanese expansion and can justly be claimed as one of the major turning points of the Pacific War. While the troops of the US Marine Corps and later the US Army battled the Japanese occupiers on the densely jungled island of Guadalcanal, the US and Japanese naval forces fought a series of tightly contested battles in the waters nearby. The first of these, the battle of Savo Island on the night of 9 August 1942, saw the Japanese inflict a sever defeat on the Allied force, driving them away from Guadalcanal and leaving the just-landed marines in a perilously exposed position. This was the start of a series of night battles that culminated in the First and Second battles of Guadalcanal, fought on the nights of 13 and 15 November, that were narrowly won by US Naval forces and prevented the Japanese from reinforcing their troops on the island to any great extent, and heralded the turning of the tide in the battle for Guadalcanal. One further major naval action followed, the battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942, when the US Navy once again suffered a severe defeat, but this time it was too late to alter the course of the battle as the Japanese evacuated Guadalcanal in early February 1943.This title will detail the contrasting fortunes experienced by both sides over the intense course of naval battles around the island throughout the second half of 1942 that did so much to turn the tide in the Pacific.

Naval Battles of the Twentieth Century

Author : Richard Hough
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468304534
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book Naval Battles of the Twentieth Century written by Richard Hough and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2003-05-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major naval powers—Britain, America, Russia, and Japan—have all played a part in the theater of war at sea over the last one hundred years. Naval fighting has always been a rapidly developing affair, and in no century have changes been so swift and fundamental. In 1905, when this book begins, the first major engagement between ironclad fleets—the Battle of Tsu-Shima—took place in the Far East and decided the outcome of the Russo-Japanese war in Japan’s favor. What follows are the mighty sea battles of our century, graphically reconstructed for the reader. Victories, defeats, and mutinies at sea, from the battle with the Bismarck to the battles of Midway and Guadalcanal.

Decisive Battles of the Pacific War

Author : Antony Preston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780890092934
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (929 download)

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Download or read book Decisive Battles of the Pacific War written by Antony Preston and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Of all the battles fought in the Pacific in World War II, nine stand out as the most important. The nine battles presented in this highly illustrated and authorative work edited by the noted naval historian, Antony Preston, are those which were noteworthy in both their scope and significance throughout the three and a half year os war against Imperial Japan. Pearly Harbor drew the United States into the war with a surprise attack. Coral Sea checked the Japanese advance.Midway turned the tide of war in favor of the Allies. Guadalcanal, Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf , the air war against Japan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa broke the back of Imperial Japan and brought victory to the Allies. The hand-to-hand fighting, the atomic holocaust and the epic naval battles are told brilliantly by an international team of historians and illustrated with hundreds of photographs, technical illustrations and maps, some of them n color, making this wwork a must for the library of any military historian or enthusiast whose interest is in World War II." --Jacket flap.

Leyte Gulf 1944 (1)

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472842812
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Leyte Gulf 1944 (1) written by Mark Stille and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1944, the US prepared to invade the Philippines to cut Japan off from its resource areas in Southeast Asia. This is the first in a two-part study of the October 23-26 Battle of Leyte Gulf, which resulted in a decisive defeat for the Japanese.

The Battle For Leyte Gulf [Illustrated Edition]

Author : C. Vann Woodward
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782899111
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book The Battle For Leyte Gulf [Illustrated Edition] written by C. Vann Woodward and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 6 charts and 20 photos Pulitzer prize winning author C. Vann Woodward recounts the story of the largest naval battle of all time. “The Battle for Leyte Gulf was the greatest naval battle of the Second World War and the largest engagement ever fought on the high seas. It was composed of four separate yet closely interrelated actions, each of which involved forces comparable in size with those engaged in any previous battle of the Pacific War. The four battles, two of them fought simultaneously, were joined in three different bodies of water separated by as much as 500 miles. Yet all four were fought between dawn of one day and dusk of the next, and all were waged in the repulse of a single, huge Japanese operation. “They were guided by a master plan drawn up in Tokyo two months before our landing and known by the code name Sho Plan. It was a bold and complicated plan calling for reckless sacrifice and the use of cleverly conceived diversion. As an afterthought the suicidal Kamikaze campaign was inaugurated in connection with the plan. Altogether the operation was the most desperate attempted by any naval power during the war-and there were moments, several of them in fact, when it seemed to be approaching dangerously near to success. “Unlike the majority of Pacific naval battles that preceded it, the Battle of Leyte Gulf was not limited to an exchange of air strikes between widely separated carrier forces, although it involved action of that kind. It also included surface and subsurface action between virtually all types of fighting craft from motor torpedo boats to battleships, at ranges varying from point-blank to fifteen miles, with weapons ranging from machine guns to great rifles of 18-inch bore, fired “in anger” by the Japanese for the first time in this battle.”

The Great Pacific War

Author : Hector Charles Bywater
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Great Pacific War written by Hector Charles Bywater and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although this book portrays the course of an imaginary war between the United States and Japan, it has not been written to support the view that such a conflict is either close at hand or inevitable. No doubt there are elements of danger in the immigration controversy, while further causes of friction may attend the growth of American commercial enterprise in the Far East."--Preface.

If Mahan Ran the Great Pacific War

Author : John A. Adams
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253000297
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book If Mahan Ran the Great Pacific War written by John A. Adams and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfred Thayer Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power upon History (1660--1783) was one of the most influential books on military strategy in the first half of the 20th century. A core text in the naval war colleges of the United States, Britain, and Japan, Mahan's book shaped doctrine for the conduct of war at sea. Adams uses Mahan's ideas to discuss the great Pacific sea battles of World War II and to consider how well they withstood the test of actual combat. Reexamining the conduct of war in the Pacific from a single analytic viewpoint leads to some surprising conclusions about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Doolittle Raid, the Battle of the Coral Sea, the recapture of the Philippines, and the submarine war. Naval historians and armchair strategists alike will find much food for thought in these engrossing pages.