Surface and destroy, the submarine gun war in the Pacific, Michael Sturma
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- 1939-1945
- Military operations, Naval + Submarine
- World War (1939-1945)
- Military campaigns
- Military operations, Naval + American
- History
- World War, 1939-1945 + Naval operations + Submarine
- World War, 1939-1945 + Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean
- Electronic books
- HISTORY + Military + World War II
- World War, 1939-1945 + Naval operations, American
- Pacific Ocean
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Surface and destroy, the submarine gun war in the Pacific, Michael Sturma
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrationsplates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Surface and destroy
Nature of contents
bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
719387777
Responsibility statement
Michael Sturma
Sub title
the submarine gun war in the Pacific
Summary
World War II submariners rarely experienced anything as exhilarating or horrifying as the surface gun attack. Between the ocean floor and the rolling whitecaps above, submarines patrolled a dark abyss in a fusion of silence, shadows, and steel, firing around eleven thousand torpedoes, sinking Japanese men-of-war and more than one thousand merchant ships. But the anonymity and simplicity of the stealthy torpedo attack hid the savagery of warfare-a stark difference from the brutality of the surface gun maneuver. As the submarine shot through the surface of the water, confined sailors scrambled t
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