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  • Silent Running: My Years on a World War II Attack Submarine

    • ASIN: B000WE4AGO
    • Manufacturer: Wiley

    "I am just one of many who experienced life on a submarine duringWorld War II. Silent Running is a story sincerely told--free of anyrevisionism or cynicism--and I commend Vice Admiral Calvert forsharing this dramatic personal account of that difficult andexciting time." --President George Bush "Hardened old sub vet that I am, I still felt the need... [Read More]

  • U-boat Tactics in World War II (Elite)

    • ASIN: 1849081735
    • ISBN: 1849081735
    • Brand: Brand: Osprey Publishing
    • Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing

    Osprey's elite title on Germany's U-Boat tactics during World War II (1939-1945). At the start of the war, German U-boat technology vastly out performed that possessed by the Allies, and under the pressure of the war continual development helped keep pace with wartime needs and improvements in anti-submarine weaponry. But it was not just the tech... [Read More]

  • The Ocean Liner

    • ASIN: B0746KXXLY
    • Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

    As war engulfs Europe, 1,500 passengers risk everything to find a brighter future.Cousins Masha and Rachel Morgenstern board the luxury liner the SS Manhattan bound for New York, desperate to escape the concentration camps that claimed the rest of their family. America offers a safe haven, but to reach it they must survive a hazardous Atlantic cros... [Read More]

  • The Silent Service in World War II: The Story of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force in the Words of the Men Who Lived It

    • ASIN: B00B1GSJK0
    • Manufacturer: Casemate

    When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the U.S. Navy had a total of 111 submarines. However, this fleet was not nearly as impressive as the number suggests. It was mostly a collection of aging boats from the late teens and early twenties, with only a few of the newer, more modern Gato-class boats. Fortunately, with the war in E... [Read More]

  • Thunder Below!: The USS *Barb* Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II

    • ASIN: B00NVUGYYW
    • Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press

    The thunderous roar of exploding depth charges was a familiar and comforting sound to the crew members of the USS Barb, who frequently found themselves somewhere between enemy fire and Davy Jones's locker. Under the leadership of her fearless skipper, Captain Gene Fluckey, the Barb sank the greatest tonnage of any American sub in World War II. At ... [Read More]

  • Silent Sea (The Silent War Book 2)

    • ASIN: B01ELRCUIC
    • Manufacturer: Thunderchild Publishing

    As they listened to the death throes of their sister ship Mako sinking in the Pacific where the waters were six miles deep, the crew of USS Eelfish suddenly came of age. They were a new breed: a brand-new fleet submarine crewed by draftees and reservists. Hidebound regular Navy officers believed they wouldn’t fight. But fight they did with reckle... [Read More]

  • Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II

    • ASIN: B000FC1RSC
    • Brand: RANDOM HOUSE
    • Manufacturer: Random House

  • Leyte, June 1944-January 1945: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 12

    • ASIN: 159114535X
    • ISBN: 159114535X
    • Manufacturer: Naval Institute Press

    The twelfth volume returns to the Pacific for a dramatic retelling of one of the greatest naval battles of all time. The determining factors in the Battle for Leyte Gulf were superb skill, heroism, and aggressiveness, but confusion, surprise, and faulty assumptions also played significant roles. The Allied victory at Leyte enabled the U.S. Navy to ... [Read More]

  • Wahoo: The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine

    • ASIN: B00309SCRG
    • Manufacturer: Presidio Press

  • Rendezvous By Submarine (Annotated): The Story of Charles Parsons and the Guerrilla-Soldiers in the Philippines

    • ASIN: B07GXDVWGZ
    • Manufacturer: Bowsprit Books

    During World War 2, Charles “Chick” Parsons led Filipino insurgents in hit-and-run raids on Japanese positions in Manila, spied on the enemy forces and became the eyes and ears for General MacArthur while he was preparing to retake the Philippines. Rendezvous By Submarine is the remarkable story of the American whom MacArthur described as, “t... [Read More]

  • The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944

    • ASIN: B00TG24BC6
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

    A New York Times Bestseller"A beautiful blend of history and prose and proves again Mr. Toll’s mastery of the naval-war narrative." —Wall Street JournalThis masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War—the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944—when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Jap... [Read More]

  • Shadows in the Jungle: The Alamo Scouts Behind Japanese Lines in World War II

    • ASIN: 0451229134
    • ISBN: 0451229134
    • Manufacturer: Dutton Caliber

    From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of A Higher Call, an up-close-and-personal account of the Alamo Scouts in World War II.   Determined to retake the Philippines ever since his ignominious flight from the islands in 1942, General Douglas MacArthur needed a first-rate intelligence-gathering unit. Out of thousands, only 138 soldiers were ... [Read More]

  • The Trident Deception: A Novel

    • ASIN: B00ERVXDDO
    • Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

    "The best submarine novel since Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October." —Booklist (starred review)The USS Kentucky—a Trident ballistic missile submarine carrying a full complement of 192 nuclear warheads—is about to go on a routine patrol. Not long after it reaches the open sea, however, the Kentucky receives a launch order. After receiving t... [Read More]

  • Iron Coffins: A Personal Account Of The German U-boat Battles Of World War II

    • ASIN: 030681160X
    • ISBN: 030681160X
    • Brand: Werner, Herbert A.
    • Manufacturer: Da Capo Press

    The former German U-boat commander Herbert Werner navigates readers through the waters of World War II, recounting four years of the most significant and savage battles. By war's end, 28,000 out of 39,000 German sailors had disappeared beneath the waves.

  • Golden Buddha (The Oregon Files Book 1)

    • ASIN: B000OVLKWC
    • Manufacturer: G.P. Putnam's Sons

    In the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Oregon Files series, Chairman Juan Cabrillo and his crew are hired by the US government to free Tibet from Chinese control...The Corporation, a group of highly intelligent and skilled mercenaries, under the leadership of Juan Cabrillo, board a brand new ship. It's a state-of-the-art seagoing m... [Read More]

  • Jeff Edwards Military Thriller 3-Book Box Set (USS Towers Series): Sea of Shadows; The Seventh Angel; Sword of Shiva

    • ASIN: B07FS2Z5PY
    • Manufacturer: Braveship Books

    This box set of award-winning naval warfare thrillers from Jeff Edwards includes all three books of the USS Towers series: Sea of Shadows, The Seventh Angel, and Sword of Shiva.These novels have accumulated more than 700 Five-Star reviews and are boxed together for the first time!Praise for the books in this set:“Jeff Edwards has created a superb... [Read More]

  • First Light (Penguin World War II Collection)

    • ASIN: 0141042753
    • ISBN: 9780141042756
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Penguin UK

    Two months before the outbreak of the Second World War, seventeen-year-old Geoffrey Wellum becomes a fighter pilot with the RAF . . . Desperate to get in the air, he makes it through basic training to become the youngest Spitfire pilot in the prestigious 92 Squadron. Thrust into combat almost immediately, Wellum finds himself flying several sorties... [Read More]

  • Secret Honor (HONOR BOUND Book 3)

    • ASIN: B001AO6F0O
    • Manufacturer: G.P. Putnam's Sons

  • The Iceman: A Novel

    • ASIN: B075JK4HG3
    • Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

    The Iceman is an action-packed World War II military thriller featuring a daring United States Navy submarine commander during the Pacific war in 1942-43.In 1942, off the port city of St. Nazaire in occupied France, a United States Navy S-class submarine assigned to the Royal Navy lurks just outside the borders of the minefield protecting a German ... [Read More]

  • Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

    • ASIN: 0307408876
    • ISBN: 0307408876
    • Brand: Erik Larson
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

    #1 New York Times BestsellerFrom the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the LusitaniaOn May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of childr... [Read More]

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