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Author | : Mark Stille |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2021-11-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472848039 |
Download The United States Navy in World War II Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A comprehensive overview of the strategy, operations and vessels of the United States Navy from 1941 to 1945. Although slowly building its navy while neutral during the early years of World War II, the US was struck a serious blow when its battleships, the lynchpin of US naval doctrine, were the target of the dramatic attack at Pearl Harbor. In the Pacific Theatre, the US was thereafter locked into a head to head struggle with the impressive Imperial Japanese Navy, fighting a series of major battles in the Coral Sea, at Midway, the Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf and Okinawa in the struggle for supremacy over Japan. Having avoided the decisive defeat sought by the IJN, the US increased industrial production and by the end of the war, the US Navy was larger than any other in the world. Meanwhile in the west, the US Navy operated on a second front, supporting landings in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy, and in 1944 played a significant part in the D-Day landings, the largest and most complex amphibious operation of all time. Written by an acknowledged expert and incorporating extensive illustrations including photographs, maps and colour artwork, this book offers a detailed look at the strategy, operations and vessels of the US Navy in World War II.
Author | : James A. Field, Jr. |
Publisher | : University Press of the Pacific |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 2001-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780898756753 |
Download History of United States Naval Operations Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Americans think of the Korean War as death and hardship in the bitter hills of Korea. It was certainly this, and for those who fought this is what they generally saw. Yet every foot of the struggles forward, every step of the retreats, the overwhelming victories, the withdrawals and last ditch stands had their seagoing support and overtones. The spectacular ones depended wholly on amphibious power -- the capability of the twentieth century scientific Navy to overwhelm land-bound forces at the point of contact. Yet the all pervading influence of the sea was present even when no major landing or retirement or reinforcement highlighted its effect. When navies clash in gigantic battle or hurl troops ashore under irresistible concentration of ship-borne guns and planes, nations understand that sea power is working. It is not so easy to understand that this tremendous force may effect its will silently, steadily, irresistibly even though no battles occur. No clearer example exists of this truth in wars dark record than in Korea. Communist-controlled North Korea had slight power at sea except for Soviet mines. So beyond this strong underwater phase the United States Navy and allies had little opposition on the water. It is, therefore, easy to fail to recognize the decisive role navies played in this war fought without large naval battles.
Author | : Michael J. Crawford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download The Reestablishment of the Navy, 1787-1801 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Craig L. Symonds |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 149 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199394946 |
Download The U.S. Navy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This brisk narrative charts the history of the United States Navy from its birth during the American Revolution through its emergence as a global power amid the world wars of the twentieth century and finally to its current role as a superpower in the twenty-first century.
Author | : Gordon Swanborough |
Publisher | : US Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 632 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
'United States Navy Aircraft since 1911' has been completely revised and updated and, like the earlier editions, will become the standard reference work covering all the aircraft of the US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
Author | : Thomas C Hone |
Publisher | : Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2006-04-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612513395 |
Download Battle Line Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A portrait in words and photographs of the interwar Navy, this book examines the twenty-year period that saw the U.S. fleet shrink under the pressure of arms limitation treaties and government economy and then grow again to a world-class force. The authors trace the Navy's evolution from a fleet centered around slow battleships to one that deployed most of the warship types that proved so essential in World War II, including fast aircraft carriers, heavy and light cruisers, sleek destroyers, powerful battleships, and deadly submarines. Both the older battleships and these newer ships are captured in stunning period photographs that have never before been published. An authoritative yet lively text explains how and why the newer ships and aircraft came to be. Thomas Hone and Trent Hone describe how a Navy desperately short funds and men nevertheless pioneered carrier aviation, shipboard electronics, code-breaking, and (with the Marines) amphibious warfare —elements that made America's later victory in the Pacific possible. Based on years of study of official Navy department records, their book presents a comprehensive view of the foundations of a navy that would become the world's largest and most formidable. At the same time, the heart of the book draws on memoirs, novels, and oral histories to reveal the work and the skills of sailors and officers that contributed to successes in World War II. From their service on such battleships as West Virginia to their efforts ashore to develop and procure the most effective aircraft, electronics, and ships, from their adventures on Yangtze River gunboats to carrier landings on the converted battle cruisers Saratoga and Lexington, the men are profiled along with their ships. This combination of popular history with archival history will appeal to a general audience of naval enthusiasts.
Author | : Paul Metsa |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2011-09-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1452933219 |
Download Blue Guitar Highway Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is a musician’s tale: the story of a boy growing up on the Iron Range, playing his guitar at family gatherings, coming of age in the psychedelic seventies, and honing his craft as a pro in Minneapolis, ground zero of American popular music in the mid-eighties. “There is a drop of blood behind every note I play and every word I write,” Paul Metsa says. And it’s easy to believe, as he conducts us on a musical journey across time and country, navigating switchbacks, detours, dead ends, and providing us the occasional glimpse of the promised land on the blue guitar highway. His account captures the thrill of the Twin Cities when acts like the Replacements, Husker Dü, and Prince were remaking pop music. It takes us right onto the stages he shared with stars like Billy Bragg, Pete Seeger, and Bruce Springsteen. And it gives us a close-up, dizzying view of the roller-coaster ride that is the professional musician’s life, played out against the polarizing politics and intimate history of the past few decades of American culture. Written with a songwriter’s sense of detail and ear for poetry, Paul Metsa’s book conveys all the sweet absurdity, dry humor, and passion for the language of music that has made his story sing.
Author | : William F Althoff |
Publisher | : Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2016-02-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612519016 |
Download Sky Ships Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Originally published in 1990, Sky Ships is easily the most comprehensive history of U.S. Navy airships ever written. The Naval Institute Press is releasing this new edition— complete with two hundred new photographs—to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the book’s publication. Impressed by Germany’s commercial and military Zeppelins, the United States initiated its own airship program in 1915. Naval Air Station Lakehurst in New Jersey was homeport for several of the largest machines ever to navigate the air. The success of the commercial rigid airship peaked in 1936 with transatlantic round trips between Central Europe and the Americas by Hindenburg and by Graf Zeppelin— ending with the infamous fire in 1937. That setback, the onset of war, and the accelerated progress of heavier-than-air technology ended rigid airship development. The Navy continued to use blimps to protect Allied shipping during World War II. Following the war, the Navy persisted with efforts to integrate the airships, but the program was finally discontinued in the early 1960s.
Author | : William Reynolds Braisted |
Publisher | : Austin : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download The United States Navy in the Pacific, 1897-1909 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Navigation |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1930 |
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Download Articles for the Government of the United States Navy; 1930 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle