Download or read book The Sen Toku Raid written by John McKinna and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Iron Coffin, Crash Dive, Tiger Reef and Shark Lake Part aircraft carrier. Part submarine. All weapon. And it’s aimed at the U.S . . . . The U.S. Navy's Underwater Demolition Teams—UDTs—are the best of the best. Island after island, throughout the Pacific Theater, their job has been to recon enemy positions, pinpoint the location of machine-gun nests, and clear the beaches of mines and other obstacles for the Allied forces. With the invasion of the Philippines under way and the end of the war in sight, the empire of the Rising Sun prepares to launch the Sen-Toku class submarines. Designed to carry kamikaze fighter planes and manned Kaiten torpedoes, one enormous Sen-Toku sub is a fleet in itself—making it more than capable of invading the East Coast of the U.S. and striking Washington, D.C. Now, with a ragtag group of Allied soldiers and guerrillas, UDT officer Lieutenant Charlton Randall has to infiltrate an enemy stronghold, avoid detection, and destroy the Sen-Toku in a mission from which no one may make it out alive . . . . “John Mannock delivers heart-stopping action.” —Joe Buff, Author of Straits of Power

Download or read book The Sen Toku Raid written by John Mannock and published by Signet Book. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Iron Coffin comes this new World War II thriller. As the Allied invasion of the Philippines begins, a renegade Japanese admiral launches the Sen-Toku class submarines--designed to carry kamikaze aircraft and manned torpedoes--on a mission to strike Washington, D.C. Original.

Download or read book Shark Lake written by John McKinna and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deep-sea thriller from the author of Crash Dive and Tiger Reef “McKinna has taken the adventure novel to the next level.”—Jack DuBrul, author of Pandora’s Curse IN THE JAWS OF LIFE...AND DEATH Deep-sea diver Ben Gannon owes his life to his friend, Nick, who once saved him from certain death. So when Ben learns that Nick's being held in an African prison by rebel guerrillas, he vows to return the favor. But never has reciprocity required such courage—because Nick's makeshift cell is a dry well on a prison island...surrounded by shark-infested waters. An explosively real novel of underwater action from an author who's been there... “McKinna takes you down and blows you up.” —Michael DiMercurio, author of Threat Vector

Download or read book Operation Storm written by John J. Geoghegan and published by Crown. This book was released on 2013 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the efforts of the Japanese Navy during World War II and their clashes with the United States Navy, focusing on the use of Aichi M6A1 underwater aircraft carriers.

Download or read book Operation Storm written by John Geoghegan and published by Crown. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their time In 1941, the architects of Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor planned a bold follow-up: a potentially devastating air raid—this time against New York City and Washington, DC. The classified Japanese program required developing a squadron of top secret submarines—the Sen-toku or I-400 class—designed as underwater aircraft carriers, each equipped with three Aichi M6A1 attack bombers painted to look like U.S. aircraft. The bombers, called Seiran (which translates as “storm from a clear sky”), were tucked in a huge, water-tight hanger on the sub’s deck. The subs' mission was to travel more than halfway around the world, surface on the U.S. coast, and launch their deadly air attack. This entire operation was unknown to U.S. intelligence. And the amazing thing is how close the Japanese came to pulling it off. John Geoghegan’s meticulous research, including first-person accounts from the I-401 crew and the U.S. capturing party, creates a fascinating portrait of the Sen-toku's desperate push into Allied waters and the U.S. Navy's dramatic pursuit, masterfully illuminating a previously forgotten story of the Pacific war.

Download or read book The War Mountains written by John McKinna and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On this battlefield, there are no victors...only survivors. In the rugged mountains of Yugoslavia, the dogged Marshall Tito and his Partisans are on the run, pursued by their most feared enemy: the lethal SS Division Handschar—a fanatical band of Muslim warriors fighting alongside the Nazis. Soon the entire region will be in German hands. To turn the tide, the Allies send a commando team, led by Major Walter Merritt, to destroy a nearly inaccessible high-altitude bridge in the mountains, a key link in the Handschar supply chain. Blowing up the bridge will be difficult—but getting there may be impossible. After parachuting into Yugoslavia, the team must fight a running battle alongside Tito’s forces in a life-or-death struggle against a foe who would rather die than give up the fight….

Download or read book WW III written by Ian Slater and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Superior to Tom Clancy genre, with characters that came alive…and the military aspect far more realistic.” THE SPECTATOR The strategy, the weapons, the human story. It can happen. THE NEXT WAR In the Pacific—Off Korea's east coast, 185 miles south of the DMZ six Russian-made TU-22M Backfires come in low, traveling at Mach .9. Each carries two seven-hundred-pound cluster bombs, three one-thousand-pound "iron" or high-explosive bombs, ten one-thousand-pound concrete-piercing bombs, and fifty two-hundred-pound FAEs (fuel air explosives, closely related to Napalm). In Europe—Twenty Soviet Warsaw Pact infantry divisions and four thousand tanks begin to move. They are preceded by hundreds of strike aircraft: SU-24/Fencers for ground support and MiG-29s with air-to-air Alamo and antiradiation, antiradar air-to-surface missiles, with Russian NR-30 mm tank-destroying cannon. All are pointed toward the Fulda Gap. So it begins....WW III

Download or read book Torpedo Bombers 1900 1950 written by Jean-Denis Lepage and published by Pen and Sword Aviation. This book was released on 2020-01-27 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The torpedo-bomber was a very short-lived weapon system, operational for scarcely half a century from just prior WWI to the 1960s. Yet during its brief existence it transformed naval warfare, extending the ship-killing range of ships and coastal defences to hundreds of miles. The Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm led the way, recording the first sinking of a ship by aerial torpedo in August 1915 but all major navies eagerly developed their own torpedo bomber forces. The torpedo-bomber reached its zenith in WWII, particularly from 1940-42, with notable successes at the Battle of Taranto, the sinking of the Bismarck and Pearl Harbor. It was the weapon of choice for both the US and Japanese in the big Pacific battles such as Midway. In the latter stages of the war, increasingly effective anti-aircraft fire and interceptor aircraft started to render it obsolete, a process completed post-war by long-range anti-ship missiles. Jean-Denis Lepage traces the development of torpedo bombers worldwide, describing their tactics, operational history and the aircraft themselves, including such well-loved types as the Swordfish, Beaufighter and Avenger. Over 300 aircraft are beautifully illustrated.

Download or read book Operating Below Crush Depth written by LCDR David W. Grogan USN and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prior to entering World War II, the Japanese Navy did a considerable planning and force development in preparation for a single “decisive battle” with the American fleet. The Japanese submarine force entered the war with highly trained crews operating some of the most capable submarines in the world. Even so, they accomplished little. This study will analyze the genesis and evolution of the technological basis of the Japanese submarine fleet before and during the war. Along with the technological evolution, it will also review the strategic and tactical evolution of the force. It will further analyze the employment of submarines as they apply to two major forms of naval warfare: guerre de course and guerre de main. While the entire study will use comparison with the American and German, the majority of the focus will be on the unique aspects of the Japanese employment of their submarines. These analyses will answer whether the Japanese submarine force would have been capable of influencing the results of major battles and the overall campaign in the Pacific Ocean. Could the Japanese submarine force have influenced the result of the war allowing it to end with a more favorable outcome for the Japanese?

Download or read book Tiger Reef written by John McKinna and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deep-sea thriller from the author of Crash Dive WHERE DANGER LURKS . . . Ben Gannon and his girlfriend have sailed across the Pacific for a restful vacation before he reports to work at his next deep-sea diving job. But when they witness a freighter under attack from machine-gun-toting pirates, they find their lives in peril. Reporting the incident does no good, as the authorities find no trace of the ship in their registry. Soon Ben and Sasha are hunted by the dangerous men who seek the ship's valuable cargo—a mysterious cache worth millions on the black market. Trouble is, the doomed freighter lies at the bottom of the ocean. When Sasha falls into the wrong hands, Ben finds himself unwillingly working with the enemy—to retrieve the cargo and stay alive. “McKinna takes you down and blows you up.” —Michael DiMercurio, author of Threat Vector

Download or read book Cultures of War written by John W. Dower and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WORLD HISTORY: SECOND WORLD WAR. Over recent decades, John W. Dower, one of America's preeminent historians, has addressed the roots and consequences of war from multiple perspectives. In War Without Mercy (1986), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, he described and analyzed the brutality that attended World War II in the Pacific, as seen from both the Japanese and the American sides. Embracing Defeat (1999), winner of numerous honors including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, dealt with Japan's struggle to start over in a shattered land in the immediate aftermath of the Pacific War, when the defeated country was occupied by the U.S.-led Allied powers. Turning to an even larger canvas, Dower now examines the cultures of war revealed by four powerful events--Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, and the invasion of Iraq in the name of a war on terror.

Download or read book The Most Daring Raid of the Samurai written by Stephen Turnbull and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the 1609 raid from Satsuma against Ryåukyåu, detailing the events leading up to the raid, the strategic plans over both land and sea, and the aftermath of the successful raid.

Download or read book Crash Dive written by John McKinna and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the bestselling tradition of CLIVE CUSSLER Hold your breath.... HE'S BRAVED THE DARKEST WATERS...BUT NOW HE'S WAY OUT OF HIS DEPTH. Ben Gannon is the best deep-sea recovery expert in the business. No salvage is too deep, no job too risky. But when Ben and his crew find several bodies—shot—in a helicopter wreck, the risk becomes more deadly than even the most hostile waters. Lured to an ultra-high-tech oil rig in the middle of the ocean, Gannon finds himself thrown into a deadly game of cat and mouse against a corps of trained killers. Trapped in the balance—the lives of everyone aboard the rig. With no hope of rescue, and nowhere to hide, Gannon must survive long enough to stop a murderous fanatic's devastating plans. And if he fails this time, there's no coming up for air. CRASH DIVE Drawing from his own experiences as a professional oil field diver and independent salvage operator, John McKinna has crafted a white-knuckle thriller of international intrigue and terror that will take your breath away....

Download or read book Econ Aspects Hist Civil Japan written by Takekoshi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Download or read book The Economic Aspects of the History of the Civilization of Japan written by Yosaburo Takekoshi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 1482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published by Allen & Unwin in 1930 this 3-volume collection brings together writings on the economic aspects of Japan's history. Covering the period from the 1600s until the 1920s this work offers the reader, not only an economic history of the Japanese, but also a social and political history. By explaining the realities of daily life during the periods covered, this collection allows the economic aspects to be fully appreciated.

Download or read book Admirals and Empire written by Donald A. Yerxa and published by Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Om USAs sikkerhedspolitik og dominans i Caribien (Caribiske Hav) fra 1898-1945, hvor bl.a. den spansk-amerikanske krig 1898, anlæggelsen af Panamakanalen 1906-1914 og en række interventioner i mellemkrigsårene samt forholdene under 1.- og 2. Verdenskrig viste USAs evne og vilje til at forsvare sine interesser i området overfor naboer og andre stormagter.

Download or read book The Japanese Submarine Force and World War II written by Akihiko Yoshida and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When first published in 1995, this book was hailed as an absolutely indispensable contribution to the history of the Pacific War. Drawing heavily from Japanese sources and American wartime intercepts of secret Japanese radio messages, a noted American naval historian and a Japanese mariner painstakingly recorded and evaluated a diverse array of material about Japan's submarines in World War II. The study begins with the development of the first Japanese 103-ton Holland-type submergible craft in 1905 and continues through the 1945 surrender of the largest submarine in the world at the time, the 5300-ton I-400 class that carried three airplanes. Submarine weapons, equipment, personnel, and shore support systems are discussed first in the context of Japanese naval preparations for war and later during the war. Both successes and missed opportunities are analyzed in operations ranging from the California coast through the Pacific and Indian Oceans to the coast of German-occupied France. Appendixes include lists of Japanese submarine losses and the biographies of key Japanese submarine officers. Rare illustrations and specifically commissioned operational maps enhance the text.