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The Great Sea War: The Story Of Naval Action In World War II


Year: 2015
Language: english
Author: Written by veteran historian E. B. Potter
Genre: History
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: B01BXA13YM
Format: EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 480
Description: A brilliant, concise and, perhaps, best single volume history of the Second World War at Sea. Written by veteran historian E. B. Potter during his time as resident historian at the United States Naval Academy this history is filled with action and analysis. As the conflict raged from the Pacific to the North Sea the author takes the action in each theater for the purposes of clarity but masterfully links the actions and events together to preserve the historical integrity of the work. A classic of Naval History.

Contents

Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS 4
A WORD TO THE READER.... 5
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7
PREFACE 8
ILLUSTRATION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 11
1—ATLANTIC SURFACE OPERATIONS 12
The War Begins at Sea 13
The Battle of the River Plate, December 13, 1939 14
Other Operations at Sea 16
The Altmark Affair 17
The Invasion of Norway 18
Narvik 23
Trondheim 24
The Allied Evacuation From Norway 25
The Fall of France 26
German Plans for the Invasion of England: Operation Sea Lion 29
Dakar 32
German Surface Raiders in 1940 33
The Bismarck Breaks Out 33
The Bismarck Disappears 37
Bismarckdämmerung 38
The Channel Dash 39
St. Nazaire 42
Dieppe 42
Reorganization of the German Navy 43
The Scharnhorst’s Last Cruise 44
The End of the Tirpitz 46
2—THE STRUGGLE FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN 47
Italy Enters the War 49
Britain Against Italy in the Mediterranean 52
The Italian Offensive in Libya 54
Italy Invades Greece 54
The Carrier Raid on Taranto 55
Germany to the Rescue 56
The Battle of Cape Matapan, March 28-29, 1941 58
The Loss of Greece and Crete 61
Rommel Takes the Offensive 65
The Battle of Supplies 67
The Axis Plan to Seize Malta 72
The Turn of the Tide 73
3—THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 77
Phase I: U-Boat Operations Until the Fall of France 78
Phase II: The Mid-Atlantic Offensive Based on French Ports 82
Phase III: “All Aid to Britain Short of War” 85
Phase IV: The U-Boat Offensive in American Waters 90
Phase V: Return to the Mid-Atlantic 94
Phase VI: The Central Atlantic and Biscay Offensives 100
Phase VII: The Final Struggle for the North Atlantic 102
Phase VIII: The Final Campaign 103
4—THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE AGAINST NORTH AFRICA 107
Strategic and Political Plans and Preparations 110
Tactical Plans and Preparations 113
Morocco: The Approach 116
Morocco: The Main Assault 118
Morocco: The Southern Assault 124
Morocco: The Northern Assault 124
Morocco Secured 125
Algeria: Algiers 126
Algeria: Oran 128
Tunisia 129
The Casablanca Conference 130
5—OPERATIONS AGAINST SICILY AND ITALY 133
Sicily: Planning and Preparations 134
Sicily: Assault and Follow-Up 138
Sicily: The Axis Evacuation 144
Sicily: Conclusions 145
Italy: Planning and Preparations 146
Salerno: Assault and Follow-Up 151
Stalemate at Anzio 155
6—THE DEFEAT OF GERMANY 160
German Defense Plans 164
Selecting D-Day and H-Hour 167
The Naval Plan 167
Bombing the Railroads 168
On the Brink 169
The Normandy Landings 173
The Battle of Normandy 179
Operation Dragoon—The Invasion of Southern France 182
The German Collapse 186
7—THE PERIOD OF JAPANESE EXPANSION 189
Oil and Appeasement 189
Planning for War 190
United States Preparations 190
Final Negotiations 192
The Attack on Pearl Harbor 192
Guam and Wake 197
Command and Strategy 198
Beginning the Allied Retreat 199
The Japanese Advance into the Netherlands East Indies 201
The Battle of the Java Sea 205
The Retreat from Java 207
Holding the Line in the Pacific 208
Japanese Strategic Decisions 213
The Battle of the Coral Sea 213
The Battle of May 8 217
Results 219
8—MIDWAY AND THE ALEUTIANS 221
Japanese Plans 221
United States Preparations 225
The Attack on the Aleutians 227
Midway Area—First Contacts, June 3 228
The Attack on Midway, June 4 229
Midway Strikes Back, June 4 231
The United States Carriers Intervene 232
Attacks on the Yorktown, June 4 236
Elimination of the Hiryu 237
Midway, Night of June 4 238
Yamamoto Tries to Retrieve the Battle 239
Pursuit on June 5 240
Last Contacts, June 6 243
End of the Yorktown, June 7 243
Conclusion 244
9—GUADALCANAL 246
Planning “Operation Shoestring” 248
The Allied Invasion 249
The Battle of Savo Island 253
The Lull 256
The August Attack 257
The September Attack 260
The October Attack 261
The November Attack 268
The Battle of Tassafaronga 272
Guadalcanal Secured 275
Papua Secured 275
Conclusion 276
10—THE LIMITED OFFENSIVE 279
The Reconquest of Attu and Kiska 280
Preliminaries to the Dual Advance on Rabaul 284
The Central Solomons Campaign 288
The Bougainville Campaign 295
The New Guinea Campaign 304
Neutralizing Rabaul 306
Conclusion 308
11—BEGINNING THE CENTRAL PACIFIC DRIVE 311
Power for the New Drive 314
Plans and Preliminary Operations 317
Reconquest of the Gilbert Islands 320
Invasion of the Marshall Islands 333
12—THE DUAL ADVANCE TO THE PHILIPPINES 343
Task Force 58 Supports MacArthur 343
Hollandia and Westward 344
Across the Center 349
The Assault on Saipan 349
Spruance Covers the Beachhead 351
The Advance of the Mobile Fleet 354
The Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 19-20, 1944 356
Conquest of the Southern Marianas 361
Preliminaries to the Invasion of the Philippines 363
The Invasion of Leyte 368
Conclusion 369
13—THE BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF 371
Activating Sho-Go 371
First Blood 374
Disposition of the Allied Forces 374
The Battle of the Sibuyan Sea 376
Attacks on Sherman’s Task Group 377
Halsey Uncovers the Beachhead 378
The Battle of Surigao Strait 383
The Battle off Cape Engaño 387
The Battle off Samar 390
The Kamikazes Strike 394
Kurita’s Retirement 395
Conclusion 397
14—SUBMARINES IN THE PACIFIC 399
The Japanese Drive into the Southern Resources Area 399
The Makin Raid 402
The Solomons Campaign 403
Torpedo Troubles 405
The Gilberts and Marshalls 406
The Marianas 408
The Palaus and the Philippines 410
Other Operations Against the Japanese Navy 411
The Lifeguard League 412
Further Japanese Submarine Operations 413
The Assault on Japanese Merchant Shipping 414
Operation Barney—The Sea of Japan 417
Conclusion 418
15—THE DEFEAT OF JAPAN 420
The Navy Finds New Objectives 421
The Leyte Campaign 421
The Return to Luzon 423
The Liberation of the Philippines 430
The Royal Navy 431
The Borneo Campaign 432
The Capture of Iwo Jima 434
The Okinawa Campaign 439
The Japanese Surrender 447
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 451

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