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 | 1. The last stand of the tin can sailorsby Hornfischer, James D.The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour (2005, Bantam) Description: One of the finest WWII naval action narratives in recent years, this book follows in the footsteps of Flags of Our Fathers, creating a microcosm of th ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
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Get The last stand of the tin can sailors now at  | 2. Ship of Ghostsby James D. HornfischerThe Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of her Survivors (2007, Bantam) Description: "Son, we’re going to Hell."The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 3. The Boatby Buchheim, Lothar-Günther (1999, Orion Military)Description: This well-known novel, stemming from the author's experiences as a war correspondent on U-96, describes a single U-boat patrol from beginning to end. ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 4. Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Storyby Fuchida, Mitsuo (2001, United States Naval Inst.)Description: Very interesting story of the battle from the Japanese point of view. The foreword is written by Admiral Spruance and the introduction by Admiral Nobu ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 5. Danger's Hourby Kennedy, Maxwell TaylorThe Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot Who Crippled Her (2008, Simon & Schuster) Description: In the closing months of World War II, Americans found themselves facing a new and terrifying weapon: kamikazes -- the first men to use airplanes as s ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 6. Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939-45 Vol 2by Williamson, Gordon (2002, Osprey Pub Co)Description: From the publisher: This title follows on from Volume I and charts the continuing development of the U-boat in German service. This includes the devel ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 7. Wahooby O'Kane, Richard H.The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine (1996, Presidio Press) Description: Dick O’Kane’s classic memoir of his early war days on board USS Wahoo in five patrols under Pinky Kennedy and Mush Morton. First published 1987. Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 8. Condition Redby Frederick J. BellDestroyer Action in the South Pacific (2017, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) Description: “Condition Red” was an expression that we used to indicate the imminence of any type of engagement. Aboard the G it was a colloquialism that serve ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 9. Where Divers Dareby Randall PefferThe Hunt for the Last U-Boat (2016, Dutton Caliber) Description: In the tradition of Shadow Divers, this is the gripping true account of the search for German U-boat U-550, the last unfound, diveable wreck of a U-bo ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 10. Tin Can Titansby John WukovitsThe Heroic Men and Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron (2017, Da Capo Press) Description: An epic narrative of World War II naval action that brings to life the sailors and exploits of the war's most decorated destroyer squadronWhen Admiral ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 11. The Lost Ships of Guadalcanalby Ballard, Robert D.Exploring the Ghost Fleet of the South Pacific (1993, Warner Books) Description: A book by the famous explorer who was first on many of the world's most famous wrecks and has written extensively about them. Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 12. Thunder Below!by Fluckey, Eugene B.The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II (1992, University of Illinois Press) Description: Covering the 5 patrols of USS Barb in the Pacific, written by her commander of the time, one of the highest decorated Naval Officers of the US Navy. Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 13. The Little Giantsby Y'Blood, William T.U.S. Escort Carriers Against Japan (1999, United States Naval Inst.) Description: The substantial accomplishments of the U.S. Navy's mini-carriers in such battles as Leyte Gulf, Guadalcanal, the Marianas, and Okinawa never gained th ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 14. German U-Boat Losses During World War IIby Axel NiestléDetails of Destruction (2014, Frontline Books) Description: No other publication on this subject comes even close to including the amount of detail provided in this book. An introduction both summarizes previou ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 15. U. S. Navy PB4Y-1 (B-24) Liberator Squadrons in Great Britain during WWIIby Carey, Alan C. (2003, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.)Description: This is a detailed study of U.S. Navy Fleet Air Wing Seven (FAW-7) and the men who flew the Navy version of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber out ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 16. The Man Who Never Wasby Montagu, EwenWorld War II's Boldest Counter-Intelligence Operation (2001, United States Naval Inst.) Description: As plans got under way for the Allied invasion of Sicily in June 1943, British counter-intelligence agent Ewen Montagu masterminded a scheme to mislea ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 17. The Last Voyage of the SS Henry Baconby Alotta, Robert I. (2002, Paragon House)Description: The Last Voyage of the SS Henry Bacon is a story of heroic courage and valor and self sacrifice. The last voyage of the Liberty ship SS Henry Bacon sa ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 18. Andrew Jackson Higgins & the Boats That Won World War IIby Strahan, Jerry E. (1994, Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge)Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 19. Blood on the Seaby Parkin, Robert SinclairAmerican Destroyers Lost in World War II (1996, Sarpedon, New York) Description: This book consists of a series of 71 short histories, in chronological order, one for each of the American destroyers which were lost during WWII. Al ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 20. The Code Bookby Singh, SimonThe 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 ancient Greeks right up to the modern alphabet soup: ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 21. The Cruel Sea Retoldby Bernard EdwardsThe Truth Behind Monsarrat's Epic Convoy Drama (2009, Naval Institute Press) Description: Bernard Edwards recounts the history that Nicholas Monsarrat used as the basis of his famous adventure novel, The Cruel Sea, which tells the tale of B ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 22. U-boat 977by Heinz SchaefferThe Third Reich U-boat That Escaped to Argentina (2017, Naval Institute Press) Description: This is the story of U-977, the German submarine that escaped to Argentina at the end of World War II. Before surfacing near the west coast of Africa, ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 23. Down to the Seaby Henderson, BruceAn 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 follows four U.S. Navy ships and their crews in the Pac ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 24. U-Boats Beyond Biscayby Bernard EdwardsDönitz Looks to New Horizons (2017, Pen and Sword) Description: On the outbreak of war in 1939 Admiral Donitzs U-boat flotillas consisted of some thirty U-boats fully operational, with only six to eight at sea at a ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 25. False Flagsby Stephen RobinsonDisguised German Raiders of World War II (2016, Exisle Publishing) Description: False Flags tells the epic untold story of German raider voyages to the South Seas during the early years of World War II. In 1940 the raiders Orion, ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 26. Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trialsby Taylor, Telford (1992, Knopf New York)Description: As the former American chief prosecutor, second in line to Judge Jackson, the author next to Göring et al. deals at length with the very complex pers ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 27. U-Boats in the Bahamasby Eric Wiberg (2016, Brick Tower Press)Description: [Eric Wiberg] ..".builds a character both attractive and intriguing to the reader. I ended genuinely curious about what might come next, and confident ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 28. Fatal Diveby Peter F. StevensSolving the World War II Mystery of the USS Grunion (2012, Regnery History) Description: Fatal Dive: Solving the World War II Mystery of the USS Grunion by Peter F. Stevens reveals the incredible true story of the search for and discovery ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 29. USN cruiser vs IJN cruiserby Mark StilleGuadacanal 1942 (Duel) (2009, Osprey Publishing) Description: Although the war in the Pacific is usually considered a carrier war, it was the cruisers that dominated the early fighting. This thrilling duel presen ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |
 | 30. Utmost Savageryby Joseph H., Col. AlexanderThe Three Days of Tarawa (1995, United States Naval Inst.) Description: Marine combat veteran and award-winning military historian Joseph Alexander takes a fresh look at one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War. His ... Visit our page for this title Purchase information: (info) |