Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign, 1941-1945, Paperback - Evan Thomas

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DescriptionThe Knight's Cross (Ritterkreuz) was one of the highest decorations given for extreme acts of valor to all ranks of the German armed for...

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Now available in paperback, this is the gripping story of Task Force 77, the US Navy carrier commitment to the Korean War that was vital to the suc...

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In the vast literature of the Second World War there has never been a naval atlas showing graphically the complexities of the war at sea, a war whi...

DescriptionOn October 27 1942, four "Long Lance" torpedoes fired by the Japanese destroyers Makigumo and Akigumo exploded in the hull of the aircra...

Reducere. On February 15, 1898, the American ship USS Maine mysteriously exploded in the Havana Harbor. News of the blast quickly reached U.S. shores, where ...

Precise, factual appraisals of each stage of the battles, all of which are placed within its strategic context.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuth...

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Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Allen BrandtIllustration(s): 110+ b/w photos, illus & mapsNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 1998Di...

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The landmark New York Times bestselling biography of Richard M. Nixon, a political savant whose gaping character flaws would drive him from the pre...

With more than 125 breathtaking maps and charts, this is the only exclusively cartographic presentation of the Great War at sea.

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As a young man piloting a small sailboat across the Pacific, Steve Thomas developed a fascination with ancient methods of navigation. He learned of...

The first full-length account in more than three decades to examine the combat at New Market on May 15, 1864-the battle that opened the pivotal 186...

DescriptionThis refreshingly impartial history of the Office of Naval Intelligence is important both because ONI was the first official American in...

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This definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength - and weakness...

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Reducere. Clash of Fleets is an operational history that records every naval engagement fought between major surface warships during World War I. Much more t...

Reducere. Author Mochitsura Hashimoto was one of the few Japanese submarine captains to survive. Shortly before the end of WW2 he inflicted the greatest sing...

Eighth Army was formed in Egypt in September 1941. A year later, under Montgomery, it defeated Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika at El Alamein which led ...

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Reducere. First published in 1955, with a revised edition appearing five years later, H. G. Adler's Theresienstadt, 1941-1945 is a foundational work in the f...

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Reducere. After crushing Japanese naval power in the Pacific at Leyte Gulf, the U.S. moved to liberate the Philippines. Admiral Morison describes a series of...

More than five thousand American civilian men, women, and children living in the Philippines during World War II were confined to internment camps....