The United States Navy in World War II

From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa

De: Mark E. Stille

Narrado por: Shawn Compton

Although slowly building its navy while neutral during the early years of World War II, the US was struck a serious blow when its battleships, the lynchpin of US naval doctrine, were the target of the dramatic attack at Pearl Harbor.

In the Pacific Theater, the US was thereafter locked into a head to head struggle with the impressive Imperial Japanese Navy, fighting a series of major battles in the Coral Sea, at Midway, the Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa in the struggle for supremacy over Japan. Having avoided the decisive defeat sought by the IJN, the US increased industrial production and by the end of the war, the US Navy was larger than any other in the world.

Meanwhile in the west, the US Navy operated on a second front, supporting landings in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy, and in 1944 played a significant part in the D-Day landings, the largest and most complex amphibious operation of all time.

Written by an acknowledged expert, this book offers a detailed look at the strategy, operations, and vessels of the US Navy in World War II.

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The Ship Builders Gazette

Very disappointed in this book. Given the title, I was looking forward to an overview of all the US Navy battles in WW II. Instead, this book is 2/3rds filled with the details of each class of ship the US Navy used in the war. Size, armament, building history. Not at all what the title implies. Disapointing.