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025207061503020252070615039780252070617159780252070617BCHistory of United States Naval Operation in WWII1A01Morison, Samuel EliotTTM02Volume 10: The Atlantic Battle Won, May 1943-May 1945, focuses on the war on enemy submarines--a war fought up and down the Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to Brazil. This is the story of the great offensive that allowed the Western Allies to gain the upper hand in the Atlantic war.0401http://www.unireps.com.au/itemimages/webimages/0252070615.jpgUniversity of Illinois Press01University of Illinois Press0420020301UNIREPS02210218.95UNIREPS07AU040120020301 025206995103020252069951039780252069956159780252069956BCHistory of United States Naval Operations in WWII1A01Morison, Samuel Eliot368JWF02Volume 4: Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, May 1942-August 1942 details the American victory in the Coral Sea and the U.S. Navy's stunning defeat of a far superior Japanese force at Midway, as well as the events leading up to the six-month struggle at Guadalcanal. This volume also provides a richly detailed look at the first-year exploits of the "Silent Service": the fledgling American submarine corps in the Pacific. Morison supplements his firsthand experience of American operations and access to Allied documents with critical information from the Japanese side.0401http://www.unireps.com.au/itemimages/webimages/0252069951.jpgUniversity of Illinois Press01University of Illinois Press0420010801UNIREPS02210218.95UNIREPS07AU040120010801 025206972203020252069722039780252069727159780252069727BCHistory of United States Naval Operations in WWII1A01Morison, Samuel Eliot368TTM02Volume II: Operations in North African Waters, October 1942-June 1943 covers naval operations on the Atlantic coast of North Africa and in the Mediterranean. Morison focuses especially on "Operation Torch," the all-American effort to capture bases in French Morocco, thereby opening up a second front to relieve the Russians.0401http://www.unireps.com.au/itemimages/webimages/0252069722.jpgUniversity of Illinois Press01University of Illinois Press0420010301UNIREPS02210218.95UNIREPS07AU040120010301 025207065803020252070658039780252070655159780252070655BCHistory of United States Naval Operantions in WWII1A01Morison, Samuel EliotJWF02Packed with vivid firsthand observations, this multivolume account of naval activities during World War II applies a seaman's eye to the techniques of a professional historian. Volume 14: Victory in the Pacific, 1945, recounts the infamous campaigns for Iwo Jima and Okinawa, two of the most bitterly contested campaigns of the war. This conclusion to Morison's epic account chronicles the final skirmishes of the war, the fateful decision to drop the atomic bomb, and the delicate negotiations leading to Japanese surrender.0401http://www.unireps.com.au/itemimages/webimages/0252070658.jpgUniversity of Illinois Press01University of Illinois Press0420020301UNIREPS02210218.95UNIREPS07AU040120020301 025207062303020252070623039780252070624159780252070624BCHistory of United States Naval Operations in WWII1A01Morison, Samuel EliotTTM02Volume 11: The Invasion of France and Germany, 1944-1945, recounts the U.S. Navy's role in the largest and most complicated military operation ever undertaken: the invasion of Normandy. Combining meticulous detail with a forceful account of the action, this volume describes the landings themselves as well as the "dirty work in the dark" that preceded them.0401http://www.unireps.com.au/itemimages/webimages/0252070623.jpgUniversity of Illinois Press01University of Illinois Press0420020301UNIREPS02210218.95UNIREPS07AU040120020301 025207066603020252070666039780252070662159780252070662BCHistory of United States Naval Operantions in WWII1A01Morison, Samuel EliotTTM02Volume 15: Supplement and General Index, chronicles the postwar operations of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific: the surrender of outlying Japanese garrisons, the occupation of Japan, minesweeping approaches to Japanese ports, and Operation Magic Carpet for the return of armed forces to the United States. This volume features a descriptive list of all named ships of the U.S. Navy during World War II, all types of landing, beaching, and other "lettered" craft, and types of aircraft used by the navy during the war. It also includes a list of errata and a general index to volumes 1-14.0401http://www.unireps.com.au/itemimages/webimages/0252070666.jpgUniversity of Illinois Press01University of Illinois Press0420020301UNIREPS02210218.95UNIREPS07AU040120020301 025206963303020252069633039780252069635159780252069635BCHistory of United States Naval Operations in WWII1A01Morison, Samuel Eliot536TTM02Volume I: The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939-May 1943 concerns Allied efforts to protect shipping, supply, and troop transport against Axis submarines and their supporting aircraft and ships. Morison discusses all U.S. naval operations in the Atlantic from pole to pole and in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Barents Sea, and Atlantic territorial waters.0401http://www.unireps.com.au/itemimages/webimages/0252069633.jpgUniversity of Illinois Press01University of Illinois Press0420010401UNIREPS02210218.95UNIREPS07AU040120010401 025207063103020252070631039780252070631159780252070631BCHistory of United States Naval Operantions in WWII1A01Morison, Samuel EliotTTM02Volume 12: Leyte, June 1944-January 1945, is a dramatic retelling of the greatest naval battle of all time, the Battle for Leyte Gulf. The Allied victory at Leyte enabled the U.S. Navy to transport troops and base long-range bomber planes in positions so close to Japan that victory was all but assured.0401http://www.unireps.com.au/itemimages/webimages/0252070631.jpgUniversity of Illinois Press01University of Illinois Press0420020301UNIREPS02210218.95UNIREPS07AU040120020301 025206973003020252069730039780252069734159780252069734BCHistory of United States Naval Operations in WWII1A01Morison, Samuel Eliot480JWL02Volume III: The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931-April 1942 chronicles the difficult early months of the campaign in the Pacific, detailing the navy's reverses at Wake Island, in the Philippines, and along the Malay Barrier.0401http://www.unireps.com.au/itemimages/webimages/0252069730.jpgUniversity of Illinois Press01University of Illinois Press0420010401UNIREPS0231200611070218.95UNIREPS07AU040120010401 025207039903020252070399039780252070396159780252070396BCHistory of United States Naval Operation in WWII1A01Morison, Samuel EliotTTM02Volume 9: Sicily-Salerno-Anzio, January 1943-June 1944 covers the period of the opening of the second front in the Mediterranean, focusing on three major amphibious operations: the march from North Africa to Sicily (Operation Husky), the campaigns at Salerno and Naples (Operation Avalanche), and the action at Anzio (Operation Shingle).0401http://www.unireps.com.au/itemimages/webimages/0252070399.jpgUniversity of Illinois Press01University of Illinois Press0420020301UNIREPS02210218.95UNIREPS07AU040120020301 025207037203020252070372039780252070372159780252070372BCHistory of United States Naval Operations in WWII1A01Morison, Samuel EliotJWF02Volume 7: Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, June 1942-April 1944 describes the two massive amphibious operations organized by Admiral Chester Nimitz to capture the strategically vital Gilbert and Marshall Islands. It also describes the warfare in the remote and frigid Aleutian Islands.0401http://www.unireps.com.au/itemimages/webimages/0252070372.jpgUniversity of Illinois Press01University of Illinois Press0420020301UNIREPS02210218.95UNIREPS07AU040120020301 025207064X0302025207064X039780252070648159780252070648BCHistory of United States Naval Operantions in WWII1A01Morison, Samuel EliotTTM02Volume 13: The Liberation of the Philippines--Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas, 1944-1945 covers the taking of Mindoro as a stepping-stone to Luzon, the major landings on the shores of Lingayen Gulf, and the amphibious landings that wrested Borneo from the Japanese, as well as the series of short, swift operations that liberated Palawan, Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, and Mindanao.0401http://www.unireps.com.au/itemimages/webimages/025207064X.jpgUniversity of Illinois Press01University of Illinois Press0420020301UNIREPS02210218.95UNIREPS07AU040120020301 025206997803020252069978039780252069970159780252069970BCHistory of United States Naval Operations WWII1A01Morison, Samuel Eliot528JWF02Volume 6: Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, 22 July 1942-1 May 1944 tracks the Allies' entrance into the offensive phase of the Pacific war. Having gained crucial victories at Midway and Guadalcanal, Allied forces committed substantially increased resources to breaking the Bismarcks barrier, a formidable net of Japanese air and naval bases stretching from the central Solomons to New Guinea, controlling all shipping between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.0401http://www.unireps.com.au/itemimages/webimages/0252069978.jpgUniversity of Illinois Press01University of Illinois Press0420010801UNIREPS02210218.95UNIREPS07AU040120010801 025207038003020252070380039780252070389159780252070389BCHistory of United States Naval Operation in WWII1A01Morison, Samuel EliotJWF02Volume 8: New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944-August 1944 covers five of the most eventful months of the Pacific war. Awash with spectacular rescues of downed airmen, bold beach landings, and brilliant though risky strategic gambles, this volume carries Morison's coverage of the war in the Pacific through the Allies' securing of Dutch New Guinea and the Marianas.0401http://www.unireps.com.au/itemimages/webimages/0252070380.jpgUniversity of Illinois Press01University of Illinois Press0420020301UNIREPS02210218.95UNIREPS07AU040120020301 025206996X0302025206996X039780252069963159780252069963BCHistory of United States Naval Operations in WWII1A01Morison, Samuel Eliot456JWF02During the six months covered by Volume 5: The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942-February 1943, the U.S. Navy fought six major engagements in waters surrounding Guadalcanal, more bitter and bloody than any naval battle in American history since 1814. From the Solomon Islands campaigns to the courageous action of Edson's Raiders at the Battle of the Bloody Ridge, from the great three-day Naval Battle of Guadalcanal to the Battle of Tassafaronga, Morison describes the events of these excruciating months in thrilling, heartbreaking detail from the shipdecks, cockpits, and exposed ridge-tops where the fate of thousands of soldiers and sailors was decided.0401http://www.unireps.com.au/itemimages/webimages/025206996X.jpgUniversity of Illinois Press01University of Illinois Press0420010801UNIREPS02210218.95UNIREPS07AU040120010801