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1.

The last stand of the tin can sailors

by - Hornfischer, James D.
The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour (2005, Bantam)
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2.

Down to the Sea

by - Henderson, Bruce
An Epic Story of Naval Disaster and Heroism in World War II (2008, Collins)
Description: This epic story opens at the hour the Greatest Generation went to war on December 7, 1941, and follo ...
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3.

The Milk Cows

by - John F White
The U-Boat Tankers at War 1941 - 1945 (2009, Pen and Sword)
Description: This title is a much revised version of his former title U-boat tankers from 1998. The book gives a ...
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4.

Shattered sword

by - Parshall, Jonathan
The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway (2007, Potomac Books Inc.)
Description: Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without questio ...
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5.

Bismarck

by - Zetterling, Niklas
A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany's Greatest Battleship (2009, Casemate)
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The sinking of the German battleship Bismarck-a masterpiece of engineering, well-armored with a m ...
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6.

Why the Allies Won

by - Overy, Richard (1997, W W Norton & Co)
Description: This book devotes a chapter to each of the decisive military campaigns of the war. One is entitled ...
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7.

The Man Who Never Was

by - Montagu, Ewen
World War II's Boldest Counter-Intelligence Operation (2001, United States Naval Inst.)
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8.

The Boat

by - Buchheim, Lothar-Günther (1999, Orion Military)
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9.

Bacalao

by - McDaniel, J.T. (2004, Riverdale Electronic Books)
Description: This powerful novel follows the crew of the U.S.S. Bacalao from the builder's yard in Connecticut, t ...
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10.

The Men of the Gambier Bay

by - Edwin Palmer Hoyt (2002, The Lyons Press)
Description: The escort carrier USS Gambier Bay was the only US aircraft carrier sunk by naval gunfire in the war ...
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11.

Invasion

by - Macksey, Kenneth
The Alternate History of the German Invasion of England, July 1940 (1999, Greenhill Books, London)
Description: Originally published 1980.
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12.

Struggle for the middle sea

by - O'Hara, Vincent P.
The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940-1945 (2009, Naval Institute Press)
Description: The Mediterranean Sea was the most intensely contested body of water in World War II. As the maritim ...
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13.

Iron Coffins

by - Werner, Herbert A.
A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II (2002, Da Capo Press)
Description: Herbert A. Werner was the Commander of U ...
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14.

An Honorable German

by - Charles McCain (2009, Grand Central Publishing)
Description:

When World War II begins, Max Brekendorf, a proud young German naval officer, fights for his coun ...
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15.

Clear The Bridge!

by - O'Kane, Richard
The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang (1997, Presidio Press)
Description: The captain of the USS Tang describes in detail the tours of duty on board his submarine.
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16.

The Code Book

by - Singh, Simon
The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking (1999, Fourth Estate)
Description: A superb book on the history of cryptography (including, of course, the Enigma machine), from the an ...
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17.

We were pirates

by - Robert Schultz
A Torpedoman's Pacific War (2009, Naval Institute Press)
Description:

A sailor's extraordinary experiences on an American submarine in the Pacific are candidly reporte ...
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18.

Clash of the carriers

by - Barrett Tillman
The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II (2006, NAL Trade)
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19.

South pacific destroyer

by - Russell Sydnor Crenshaw Jr.
The Battle for the Solomons from Savo Island to Vella Gulf (2009, Naval Institute Press)
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Russell Crenshaw's riveting account of the savage night battle for the Solomon Islands in early 1 ...
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20.

Shadow Divers

by - Kurson, Robert (2004, Random House)
Description: Finding a wreck and identifying this as U-869.
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21.

Sea of Glory

by - Wales, Ken
A Novel Based on the True WWII Story of the Four Chaplains and the U.S.A.T. Dorchester (2001, Broadman & Holman Publishers)
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22.

Jutland 1916

by - London, Charles
Clash of the dreadnoughts (2000, Osprey Pub Co)
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23.

Pandora's Curse

by - DuBrul, Jack (2001, Onyx Books)
Description: Geologist Philip Mercer joins a mixed group of Americans, Germans, Russians, and others on an expedi ...
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24.

Twenty Million Tons under the Sea

by - Gallery, Daniel V., RAdm., USN, ret. (2001, United States Naval Inst.)
Description: This book details the history and eventual capture of the U-505 during W ...
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25.

A Glorious Way to Die

by - Spurr, Russell
The Kamikaze Mission of the Battleship Yamato, April 1945 (1995, )
Description: This book covers the amazing last patrol of the largest battleship ever built, the Japanese monster ...
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26.

Carrier Operations in World War II

by - Brown, J.D. (2009, Naval Institute Press)
Description: The Royal Navy s Fleet Air Arm grew from a small force into a powerful strategic weapon during World ...
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27.

British battleships 1939-45 (2)

by - Konstam, Angus
Nelson and King George V classes (2009, Osprey Publishing)
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28.

No ordinary war

by - Prag, Christian
The Eventful Career of U-604 (2009, Naval Institute Press)
Description: U-604 may have looked like the hundreds of other Type VIIC U-boats built by the Nazi Kriegsmarine du ...
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29.

Wolf Pack

by - Williamson, Gordon
The Story of the U-boat in World War II (2005, Osprey Publishing)
Description: Wolf Pack tells the story of the U-bootwaffe in WWII. It covers detailed descriptions of the boats, ...
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30.

Crisis in the Pacific

by - Astor, Gerald
The Battles for the Philippine Islands by the Men Who Fought Them (1996, Penguin USA)
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