Download or read book History of United States Naval Operations in World War II The struggle for Guadalcanal August 1942 February 1943 written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the six months covered by Volume 5: The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942-February 1943, the U.S. Navy fought six major engagements in waters surrounding Guadalcanal, more bitter and bloody than any naval battle in American history since 1814. From the Solomon Islands campaigns to the courageous action of Edson's Raiders at the Battle of the Bloody Ridge, from the great three-day Naval Battle of Guadalcanal to the Battle of Tassafaronga, Morison describes the events of these excruciating months in thrilling, heartbreaking detail from the shipdecks, cockpits, and exposed ridge-tops where the fate of thousands of soldiers and sailors was decided.
Download or read book History of United States Naval Operations in World War II written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2002-02-05 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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."
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Download or read book History of United States Naval Operations in World War II written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2002-02 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 15: Supplement and General Index, chronicles the postwar operations of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific: the surrender of outlying Japanese garrisons, the occupation of Japan, minesweeping approaches to Japanese ports, and Operation Magic Carpet for the return of armed forces to the United States. This volume features a descriptive list of all named ships of the U.S. Navy during World War II, all types of landing, beaching, and other "lettered" craft, and types of aircraft used by the navy during the war. It also includes a list of errata and a general index to volumes 1-14.
Download or read book History of United States Naval Operations in World War II The liberation of the Philippines Luzon Mindanao the Visayas 1944 1945 written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
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Download or read book Supplement and General Index to History of United States Naval Operations in World War II written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book History of United States Naval Operations in World War II Volume XV Supplement and General Index to History of United States Naval Operations in World War II written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Supplement and General Index written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of United States Naval Operations in World War II Leyte June 1944 January 1945 written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book History of United States Naval Operations in World War II written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book History of United States Naval Operations in World War 2 Vol 15 Supplement and General Index written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of United States Naval Operations in World War II The invasion of France and Germany 1944 1945 written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 11: The Invasion of France and Germany, 1944-1945, recounts the U.S. Navy's role in the largest and most complicated military operation ever undertaken: the invasion of Normandy. Combining meticulous detail with a forceful account of the action, this volume describes the landings themselves as well as the "dirty work in the dark" that preceded them.
