| Description |
xxii, 770 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 653-741) and index. |
| Summary |
"Craig L. Symonds' World War II at Sea offers a definitive naval history of the Second World War presenting the chronology of the naval war, from The London Conference of 1930 to the surrender in Tokyo Bay in 1945, on a global scale for the first time."--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
The European war. Unterseebooten -- Panzerschiffen -- Norway -- France falls -- The Regia Marina -- The war on trade, I -- The Bismarck -- The war widens. The rising sun -- A two-ocean navy -- Operation AI: The attack on Pearl Harbor -- Rampage -- The war on trade, II -- Watershed. Stemming the tide -- Two beleaguered islands -- A two-ocean liner -- The tipping point -- The war on trade, III -- Allied counterattack. Airplanes and convoys -- Husky -- Twilight of two navies -- Breaking the shield -- Large slow target -- Reckoning. D-Day -- Seeking the decisive battle -- Leyte Gulf -- The noose tightens -- Denouement -- Epilogue: Tokyo Bay, 1945. |
| Subject |
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations.
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Military operations, Naval. (OCoLC)fst01710244
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| Chronological Term |
1939-1945
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| ISBN |
9780190243678 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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0190243678 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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