History of United States naval operations in World War II
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 1947
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
Description: Each of these 15 volumes covers a period and campaigns in the Pacific, Atlantic and North African waters during World War II. It was Morison's aim to show what the U.S. Navy accomplished in the greatest of all wars and how it was done. The story, in the main, is one of fighting; that is what the Navy is for and what its entire effort was directed toward. But the author included enough space to strategic discussions, planning, organization, and logistics to explain the end product -- the naval operations. And when other armed services of the United States and her allies participated, he brought them in too, although not in so great detail. Filled with many maps, a number of them larger fold-outs, and black and white photos of the ships, personnel and operations.
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.
Includes rev. ed. of v. 2 and latest printings of other volumes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939-May 1943.; title: v. 2. Operations in North African waters, October 1942-June 1943.; title: v. 3. The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931-April 1942.; title: v. 4. Coral Sea, Midway and submarine actions, May 1942-August 1942.; title: v. 5. The struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942-February 1943.; title: v. 6. Breaking the Bismarcks barrier, 22 July 1942-1 May 1944.; title: v. 7. Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, June 1942-April 1944.; title: v. 8. New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944-August 1944.; title: v. 9. Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, January 1943-June 1944.; title: v. 10. The Atlantic battle won, May 1943-May 1945.; title: v. 11. The invasion of France and Germany, 1944-1945.; title: v. 12. Leyte, June 1944-January 1945.; title: v. 13. The liberation of the Philippines.; title: v. 14. Victory in the Pacific, 1945.; title: v. 15. Supplement and general index.