1939-1945 - Naval operations
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Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II
$24.99 Add to cartThe Battle of the Atlantic was one of the most savage and strategically significant campaigns of World War II: 28,000 out of 39,000 men in the German U-boat force disappeared beneath the waves. Herber… [more below]
- Author: Werner, Herbert A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: June 06 2002
- ISBN10: 030681160X
- Language: English
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War Beneath the Sea: Submarine Conflict During World War II
$27.95 Add to cartA leading naval and military historian presents the first book to cover the major submarine campaigns in all the WWII theaters. Vividly recreates the experience of submarine and anti-submarine warfare… [more below]
- Author: Padfield, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: March 28 1998
- ISBN10: 0471249459
- Language: English
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Requiem for Battleship Yamato
$22.95 Add to cartA young ensign on the bridge of the fabled battleship Yamato during her final battle, recounts his experience.
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Mitsuru, Yoshida
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 31 2013
- ISBN10: 1557505446
- Language: English
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Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
$40.00 Add to cartIn June 1944, the United States launched a crushing assault on the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The capture of the Mariana Islands and the accompanying ruin of Japanese carrier a
- Series: Pacific War Trilogy #3
- Author: Toll, Ian W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 944
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 039308065X
- Language: English
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Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway – The Great Naval Battles as Seen Through Japanese Eyes
$26.95 Add to cartA highly regarded war memoir long treasured by historians for its insights into the Japanese side of the war in the Pacific.
- Author: Hara, Capt Tameichi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 15 2011
- ISBN10: 1591143845
- Language: English
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In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors (Revised and Updated)
$19.99 Add to cart“Always a classic and now even better–a masterful account of one of history’s most poignant and tragic secrets.”–Lee Child
Now available in an updated trade paperback edition, In Harm’s Way is the b- Author: Stanton, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1250853494
- Language: English
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The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
$35.00 Add to cartThis masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War–the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944–when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan’s far
- Series: Pacific War Trilogy #2
- Author: Toll, Ian W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: September 21 2015
- ISBN10: 0393080641
- Language: English
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The Battle of Midway
$23.99 Add to cartThere are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn of June 4, 1942, a rampaging Japanese navy ruled the … [more below]
- Series: Pivotal Moments in American History
- Author: Symonds, Craig L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 452
- Publish Date: September 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0199315981
- Language: English
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Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II
$37.50 Read moreA sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II
“When he is at his best, as he often is in these pages, Kennedy can be dazzling.”–Ian W. To- Author: Kennedy, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: April 26, 2022
- ISBN10: 0300219172
- Language: English
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Thunder Below!: The USS *Barb* Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II
$22.95 Add to cartThe thunderous roar of exploding depth charges was a familiar and comforting sound to the crew members of the USS Barb, who frequently found themselves somewhere between enemy fire and Davy Jones’s lo… [more below]
- Author: Fluckey, Eugene B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0252066707
- Language: English
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Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
$25.00 Add to cart“A literary tour de force that is destined to become one of the . . . definitive works about the battle for Guadalcanal . . . James D.] Hornfischer deftly captures the essence of the most pivotal nav
- Author: Hornfischer, James D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: March 06 2012
- ISBN10: 0553385127
- Language: English
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Black Cats and Dumbos: WWII’s Fighting PBYs
$18.95 Add to cartThe colorful, humorous, and sometimes miraculous story of the U.S. Navy’s ugly-duckling seaplane the Catalina Patrol Bomber, in the words of those who flew her.
- Author: Crocker, Mel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 5, 2002
- ISBN10: 0971290105
- Language: English
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
$39.99 Add to cartOn the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the … [more below]
- Series: Pacific War Trilogy #1
- Author: Toll, Ian W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: November 14 2011
- ISBN10: 0393068137
- Language: English
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The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
$25.00 Add to cartThis masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War–the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944–when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan’s far
- Series: Pacific War Trilogy #2
- Author: Toll, Ian W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: September 6, 2016
- ISBN10: 0393353206
- Language: English
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Strike of the Sailfish: Two Sister Submarines and the Sinking of a Japanese Aircraft Carrier
$32.00 Add to cartA gripping true-life thriller about the first US submarine to sink a Japanese aircraft carrier–and the sub’s tragic twist of fate
In 1939 off the New England coast, the submarine USS Squalus accident- Author: Moore, Stephen L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 059347287X
- Language: English
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Abandon Ship!: The True World War II Story about the Sinking of the Laconia
$18.99 Add to cartA remarkable World War II account of a maritime attack off the West African coast, for fans of Steven Sheinkin and Deborah Heiligman.
At the height of World War II, the RMS Laconia was torpedoed by- Series: True Survival #1
- Author: Tougias, Michael J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 0316401374
- Language: English
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour
$26.00 Add to cart“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.”
With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed the crew of- Author: Hornfischer, James D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 29, 2005
- ISBN10: 0553381482
- Language: English
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
$25.00 Add to cartOn the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the
- Series: Pacific War Trilogy #1
- Author: Toll, Ian W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: November 26, 2012
- ISBN10: 0393343413
- Language: English
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Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
$24.00 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller
In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk every- Author: Kurson, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 24 2005
- ISBN10: 0375760989
- Language: English
