The Two Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World WarThis book has been written in the hope of breinging the exploits of the United States Navy in World War II to the attention of new readers. I have not attempted a uniform condensation of the fifteen previous volumes I have written, but rather to select the most important battles and campaigns. |
Contents
The Twenty Years Peace 19191939 | 3 |
Short of War 19391941 | 26 |
Disaster at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 | 46 |
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The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second ... Samuel Eliot Morison No preview available - 1997 |
The Two-ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second ... Samuel Eliot Morison No preview available - 2007 |
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