Dawn of Infamy
A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor
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Stephen Harding
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New York Times best-selling author Stephen Harding explores the little-known episode of a US cargo ship that mysteriously vanished, along with her crew, hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor, marking the start of a global conflict and sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war.
On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the army reported that it was under attack from a submarine halfway between Seattle and Honolulu. After that one cryptic message, the humble lumber carrier Cynthia Olson and her crew vanished without a trace, sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war. What happened to the ill-fated ship? What happened to her crew? And was she Japan's first American victim of the Pacific War?
Based on years of research, Dawn of Infamy explores both the military and human aspects of the Cynthia Olson story, bringing to life a complex tale of courage, tenacity, hubris, and arrogance in the opening hours of America's war in the Pacific.
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Great Story, confusing presentation
- De Tbongo en 03-03-25
De: Don Keith
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The Shipwreck Hunter
- A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor
- De: David L. Mearns
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 16 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 336
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 282
David L. Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. The Shipwreck Hunter chronicles his most intriguing finds. It describes the extraordinary techniques used, the detailed research, and mid-ocean stamina and courage required to find a wreck thousands of feet beneath the sea, plus the moving human stories that lie behind each of these oceanic tragedies. Combining the adventuring derring-do of Indiana Jones with the precision of a scientist, The Shipwreck Hunter opens an illuminating porthole into the shadowy depths of the ocean.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delivered More Than I Expected!
- De Jason V. Kilmer en 08-07-18
De: David L. Mearns
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Hellcats
- The Epic Story of World War II's Most Daring Submarine Raid
- De: Peter Sasgen
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79
The incredible true story of nine Hellcat submarines assigned to penetrate the dense minefields protecting the sea of Japan. In 1945-with no knowledge of the development of the atomic bomb- American submarine commanders, desperate to avoid an invasion of the home islands, believed that if the Japanese merchant fleet was sunk, the enemy would be forced to surrender.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great telling of technology advancements in Ww2
- De Brian en 05-20-18
De: Peter Sasgen
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All Hands Down
- The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion
- De: Kenneth Sewell, Jerome Preisler
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 642
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 551
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 550
Forty years ago, in May 1968, the submarine USS Scorpion sank in mysterious circumstances with a loss of 99 lives. The tragedy occurred during the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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1 out of 5 stars
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All Hands Down
- De Stephen en 12-19-08
De: Kenneth Sewell, y otros
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The Admirals
- Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King - The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea
- De: Walter Borneman
- Narrado por: Brian Troxell
- Duración: 17 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,617
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,438
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,437
Only four men in American history have been promoted to the five-star rank of Admiral of the Fleet: William Leahy, Ernest King, Chester Nimitz, and William Halsey. These four men were the best and the brightest the navy produced, and together they led the U.S. Navy to victory in World War II, establishing the United States as the world's greatest fleet. In The Admirals, award-winning historian Walter R. Borneman tells their story in full detail for the first time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Insight In To Another Side Of the War
- De K. Winters en 02-25-13
De: Walter Borneman
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Submarine Commander
- A Story of World War II and Korea
- De: Paul R. Schratz
- Narrado por: John N. Gully
- Duración: 15 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 135
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 134
A fascinating personal memoir of underwater combat in World War II, told by a man who played a major role in those dangerous operations. Frank and beautifully written, this book will be of lasting value as a submarine history by an expert and as an enduring military and political analysis.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing Memoir
- De Jean en 12-24-15
De: Paul R. Schratz
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Castles of Steel
- Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea
- De: Robert K. Massie
- Narrado por: Richard Matthews
- Duración: 40 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 550
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 489
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 484
The predominant image of this first world war is of mud and trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, poison gas, and slaughter. A generation of European manhood was massacred, and a wound was inflicted on European civilization that required the remainder of the twentieth century to heal.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Stick With It!
- De Matt en 09-22-12
De: Robert K. Massie
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Admiral Bill Halsey
- A Naval Life
- De: Thomas Alexander Hughes
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 17 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 170
William Halsey was the most famous naval officer of World War II. His fearlessness in carrier raids against Japan, his steely resolve at Guadalcanal, and his impulsive blunder at the Battle of Leyte Gulf made him the "Patton of the Pacific" and solidified his reputation as a decisive, aggressive fighter prone to impetuous errors of judgment in the heat of battle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally a fair assessment
- De Stephen Breen en 06-28-20
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Dead Wake
- The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 13 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14,080
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12,506
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12,483
On 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 children and infants. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For months, German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Naivety VS Barbarians Of War
- De Sara en 03-05-16
De: Erik Larson
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To Risk It All
- Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision
- De: Admiral James Stavridis USN
- Narrado por: Marc Cashman
- Duración: 7 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 195
At the heart of Admiral James Stavridis’s training as a naval officer was the preparation to lead sailors in combat, to face the decisive moment in battle whenever it might arise. In To Risk it All, he offers up nine of the most useful and enthralling stories from the US Navy’s nearly 250-year history, and draws from them a set of insights that we can all put to use when confronted with fateful choices.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great book
- De John A. en 06-06-22
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Joe Rochefort's War
- The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway
- De: Elliot Carlson
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 22 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 189
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 188
Elliot Carlson's biography of Captain Joe Rochefort is the first to be written of the officer who headed the U.S. Navy's decrypt unit at Pearl Harbor and broke the Japanese Navy's code before the Battle of Midway. Listeners will share Rochefort's frustrations as he searches in vain for Yamamoto's fleet prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and share his joy when he succeeds in tracking the fleet in early 1942 and breaks the code that leads him to believe Yamamoto's invasion target is Midway.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Amazingly engaging
- De Fletch en 10-19-13
De: Elliot Carlson
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To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth
- The Epic Hunt for the South's Most Feared Ship—and the Greatest Sea Battle of the Civil War
- De: Tom Clavin, Phil Keith
- Narrado por: Joe Knezevich
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
On June 19, 1864, just off the coast of France, one of the most dramatic naval battles in history took place. On a clear day with windswept skies, the dreaded Confederate raider Alabama faced the Union warship Kearsarge in an all-or-nothing fight to the finish, the outcome of which would effectively end the threat of the Confederacy on the high seas.
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3 out of 5 stars
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check this out from the library if you really want to read it
- De coffeedave en 03-14-25
De: Tom Clavin, y otros
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Nimitz
- De: E. B. Potter
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 25 h y 14 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 841
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 756
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 752
Called a great book worthy of a great man, this definitive biography of the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet in World War II is considered the best book ever written about Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Highly respected by both the civilian and naval communities, Nimitz was sometimes overshadowed by more colorful warriors in the Pacific such as MacArthur and Halsey. Potter's lively and authoritative style fleshes out Admiral Nimitz's personality to help listeners appreciate the contributions he made as the principle architect of Japan's defeat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spectacular Book
- De Darrell E. Fisher en 07-13-18
De: E. B. Potter
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Countdown to Pearl Harbor
- The Twelve Days to the Attack
- De: Steve Twomey
- Narrado por: Holter Graham
- Duración: 11 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 183
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 179
In Washington, DC, in late November 1941, admirals compose the most ominous message in navy history to warn Hawaii of possible danger, but they write it too vaguely. They think precautions are being taken but never check to see if they are. A key intelligence officer wants more warnings sent, but he is on the losing end of a bureaucratic battle and can't get the message out. American sleuths have pierced Japan's most vital diplomatic code, and Washington believes it has a window on the enemy's soul - but it does not.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Technical problems in Chapter 7
- De Sheldon of Idaho en 11-24-16
De: Steve Twomey
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The Death of the USS Thresher
- The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster
- De: Norman Polmar
- Narrado por: Sean Crisden
- Duración: 5 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 182
When she first went to sea in April of 1961, the US nuclear submarine Thresher was the most advanced submarine at sea, built specifically to hunt and kill Soviet submarines. In The Death of the USS Thresher, renowned naval and intelligence consultant Norman Polmar recounts the dramatic circumstances surrounding her implosion, which killed all 129 men onboard in history's first loss of a nuclear submarine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I REMEMBER THESE HEROES
- De JustBill en 03-31-20
De: Norman Polmar
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The Burning Shore
- How Hitler's U-Boats Brought World War II to America
- De: Ed Offley
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 7 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 321
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 322
On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun on Virginia Beach, a massive fireball erupted from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. By the next day, three ships lay at the bottom of the channel, victims of Lieutenant-Commander Horst Degen and his crew on the German submarine U-701. In The Burning Shore, acclaimed military reporter Ed Offley presents a thrilling account of Degen's rampage along the American coast and of US Lieutenant Harry J. Kane's quest to bring him down.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ugh, Perhaps a Second Listen is Required?
- De Matthew en 09-05-15
De: Ed Offley
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The Mathews Men
- Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler's U-boats
- De: William Geroux
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 252
From the author of The Ghost Ships of Archangel, one of the last unheralded heroic stories of World War II: The U-boat assault off the American coast against the men of the US Merchant Marine who were supplying the European war, and one community’s monumental contribution to that effort. Mathews County, Virginia, is a remote outpost on the Chesapeake Bay with little to offer except unspoiled scenery - but it sent an unusually large concentration of sea captains to fight in World War II.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engaging Read Not About Brothers, but Men
- De Gillian en 04-22-16
De: William Geroux