The Battle of Tarawa: Naval History Special Edition, Rogers Daniel
Автор: Vincent O`Hara Название: Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen: Naval History Special Edition ISBN: 1591148723 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781591148722 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 17150.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen was a remarkable vessel by any standard and was arguably one of the most handsome major warships ever constructed. This book provides more than just a complete record of Prinz Eugen`s career. The collection of maps and photographs reveals every aspect of her brief but intense time afloat.
By the beginning of May 1942, five months after the Pearl Harbor attack, the US Navy was ready to challenge the Japanese moves in the South Pacific. When the Japanese sent troops to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, the Americans sent the carriers Lexington and Yorktown to counter the move, setting the stage for the Battle of the Coral Sea.
In Scratch One Flattop: The First Carrier Air Campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea, historian Robert C. Stern analyzes the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first major fleet engagement where the warships were never in sight of each other. Unlike the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Coral Sea has received remarkably little study. Stern covers not only the action of the ships and their air groups but also describes the impact of this pivotal engagement. His analysis looks at the short-term impact as well as the long-term implications, including the installation of inert gas fuel-system purging on all American aircraft carriers and the push to integrate sensor systems with fighter direction to better protect against enemy aircraft.
The essential text on the first carrier air campaign, Scratch One Flattop is a landmark study on an overlooked battle in the first months of the United States' engagement in World War II.
Автор: Tully Anthony P. Название: Battle of Surigao Strait ISBN: 0253009715 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253009715 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 19430.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Surigao Strait in the Philippine Islands was the scene of a major battleship duel during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Because the battle was fought at night and had few survivors on the Japanese side, the events of that naval engagement have been passed down in garbled accounts. Anthony P. Tully pulls together all of the existing documentary material, including newly discovered accounts and a careful analysis of U.S. Navy action reports, to create a new and more detailed description of the action. In several respects, Tully's narrative differs radically from the received versions and represents an important historical corrective. Also included in the book are a number of previously unpublished photographs and charts that bring a fresh perspective to the battle.
Автор: Willmott H. P. Название: The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action ISBN: 025301901X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253019011 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 25080.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the greatest naval engagement in history. The battle was four separate actions, none of which were fought in the Gulf itself, and the result was the destruction of Japanese naval power in the Pacific. This book is a detailed and comprehensive account of the fighting from both sides. It provides the context of the battle, most obviously in terms of Japanese calculations and the search for "a fitting place to die" and "the chance to bloom as flowers of death." Using Japanese material never previously noted in western accounts, H. P. Willmott provides new perspectives on the unfolding of the battle and very deliberately seeks to give readers a proper understanding of the importance of this battle for American naval operations in the following month. This careful interrogation of the accounts of "the last fleet action" is a significant contribution to military history.
Автор: Daniel Rogers Название: Battleship Alabama: Naval History Special Edition ISBN: 1591146984 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781591146988 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 21250.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание:
Building upon the expertise of the authors and historians of the Naval Institute Press, the Naval History Special Editions are designed to offer studies of the key vessels, battles, and events of armed conflict. Using an image-heavy, magazine-style format, these Special Editions should appeal to scholars, enthusiasts, and general readers alike.
USS Alabama (BB-60) was the fourth and final South Dakota-class battleship completed for the United States Navy. Entering service in 1942, she became one of ten new fast battleships the United States commissioned from 1941 to 1944. This volume narrates the story of Alabama’s construction, design, functioning, deployments during World War II, crew experiences, commanding officers, and second life as a museum ship.
During the war, her nine 16-inch/45 caliber main guns fired 1,252 rounds at enemy targets. Her secondary batteries, twenty 5-inch/38 caliber guns, were part of the most effective anti-aircraft screening actions of any navy during the war. They combined with Alabama’s 40 mm and 20 mm cannons to down 22 Japanese warplanes in the central and western Pacific. Alabama earned nine battle stars for her participation in such battles as the Gilbert Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa. She finished the war by bombarding the Japanese Home Islands, deploying a contingent of Marines to Japan, and transporting home U.S. service members from the western Pacific. All the while, her crew adjusted to the varying demands of patrols through frigid seas above the Arctic Circle, amid the heat and humidity of equatorial latitudes, and during two deadly western Pacific typhoons.
She returned to the United States to form part of the reserve fleet until the early 1960s, when “the Mighty A” was transferred to the state of Alabama to serve as the centerpiece of a memorial park on the shores of Mobile Bay.
Автор: Vincent O`Hara Название: Battleship Tirpitz: Naval History Special Edition ISBN: 1591148707 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781591148708 Издательство: INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES UK Рейтинг: Цена: 21110.00 T Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление. Описание: The remarkable career of this remarkable ship is the subject of this authoritative and heavily illustrated Special Edition. It considers Tirpitz`s design, her construction, her historical context and all of her operations.
Автор: Arne Soderlund, Douw Steyn Название: Iron Fist from the Sea: Top Secret Seaborne Recce Operations (1978-1988) ISBN: 1868427773 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781868427772 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 34310.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: From Cabinda in Angola to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania 4 Reconnaissance Regiment conducted numerous clandestine seaborne raids during the Border War. They attacked strategic targets such as oil facilities, transport infrastructure and even Russian ships. All the while 4 Recces existence and capability was largely kept secret, even within the South African Defence Force. With unparalleled access to previously top secret documents, 50 operations undertaken by 4 Recce, other Special Forces units and the South African Navy are described. The daunting Operation Kerslig (1981), in which an operator died in a raid on a Luanda oil refinery and others were injured, is retold in spine-tingling detail. The book reveals the versatility and effectiveness of this elite unit and also tells of both the successes and failures of its actions. Sometimes missions go wrong, as in Operation Argon (1985) when Captain Wynand Du Toit was captured. This fascinating work will enthrall anyone with an interest in Special Forces operations. Iron Fist from the Sea takes you right to the raging surf, to the adrenalin and fear that is seaborne raiding.
Автор: O`Hara Vincent Название: Battleship Massachusetts: Naval History Special Edition ISBN: 1682476359 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682476352 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 23550.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Building on the expertise of the authors and historians of the Naval Institute Press, the Naval History Special Editions are designed to offer studies of the key vessels, battles, and events of armed conflict. USS Massachusetts is the third ship of the South Dakota-class, whose short career encapsulates the story of the US Navy in World War II.
Автор: Danielsen Tone Название: Making Warriors in a Global Era: An Ethnographic Study of the Norwegian Naval Special Operations Commando ISBN: 1498561837 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498561839 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 36630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Making Warriors in a Global Era provides ethnographic data, analyses, and discussions to infuse new debates among both military personnel and academics about the rise of special operations forces and the ways they impact how armed conflicts are dealt with and how wars are fought.
Автор: David S. Nasca Название: The Emergence of American Amphibious Warfare 1898-1945 ISBN: 1682475042 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682475041 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 37890.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Examines how the US became a superpower through amphibious operations. While other major world powers pursued and embraced different weapons and technologies in order to create different means of waging war, the US spent decades training, developing, and employing amphibious warfare to pursue its national interests.
Автор: Wrinn Daniel Название: Operation Galvanic: 1943 Battle for Tarawa ISBN: 1393161243 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781393161240 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 12740.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
"A terrific story of the American heroes who gave every ounce of their strength and courage to kick open the gate to Tokyo." - Reviewer
Explore the battle for Tarawa in a fascinating new light.
The war for the Pacific rages on. The US has set their sights on the Tarawa atoll - a small yet vital island which, if captured, would give the Allies a powerful stepping stone into the heart of Japanese waters and the rest of the Gilbert Islands. Through a coordinated assault of carefully planned beach landings, the Marines made their attack on November 20th, 1943 . . . and encountered a resistance so fierce and violent it shook the Allies to the core.
This gripping book provides a day-by-day account of this pivotal campaign, shedding light on a little-known part of the World War 2 conflict. Delving into the initial landing and the brutal struggle to seize the Japanese base of operations on Betio, Operation Galvanic recounts the moments which turned the tide of the campaign and gave the Allies a major victory in the Pacific Theatre.
A brilliant read for fans of WW2 history and the lesser-known conflicts which decided the future of the Pacific, this riveting book offers a new and vivid look at the battle for the Tarawa atoll.
Автор: Thomas M. Mitchell Название: Winds, Waves, and Warriors: Battling the Surf at Normandy, Tarawa, and Inchon ISBN: 0807172235 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780807172230 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 33400.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Winds, Waves, and Warriors examines the oceanographic conditions that U.S. military planners considered, or should have considered, when landing troops and vehicles on the beach at three historic amphibious assaults: Normandy, Tarawa, and Inchon. Oceanographer Thomas M. Mitchell brings welcome insight into a little-studied yet extraordinary aspect of ground warfare by explaining why certain tidal and weather conditions existed at those specific places and times, and how they affected the Army and Marine foot soldiers fighting to get ashore. Mitchell offers easy-to-understand descriptions of basic oceanographic concepts and applies them to actual amphibious operations. Winds and waves hampered the Allies' efforts on D-Day but less than they would have had the soldiers attempted storming the beach at Normandy the day before or after. Coral reefs and tides contributed to high Marine casualties at Tarawa Atoll in the Pacific. General Douglas MacArthur used the element of surprise by attacking the North Koreans at Inchon despite treacherous soft mud bottoms and unfavorable tidal conditions. Mitchell details how wartime necessity led to the development of clever methods to estimate such factors as water depth, beach slope, and underwater shoals, all of which affected troops' assaults and potentially changed the outcomes of key battles. An Army Air Corps lieutenant, for example, dug a hole on the beach at Normandy to help him predict tides more accurately. The Army's Beach Erosion Board and research groups such as the Scripps Institution of Oceanography exploited elementary principles of physical oceanography to develop crude but effective instruments and techniques for ocean remote sensing and forecasting. Indeed, soldiers, Marines, staff planners, commanders, oceanographers, meteorologists, and researchers all contributed to some of the largest and most important military invasions in history. Winds, Waves, and Warriors tells of the U.S. military's struggles with a foe that was sometimes just as formidable and unpredictable as the opposing army. When unheeded, unfavorable weather and ocean conditions could lead to tragic and avoidable deaths. The threat posed by the ocean at these three historic battles was an important factor not only in the outcomes of these operations but also to the survival of the troops who fought there.
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