Torpedoes Away Sir

Author : Maxwell Hawkins
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780359231317

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Torpedoes Away! by Maxwell Hawkins Pdf

Torpedoes Away! details US Navy submarine operations during the first 18 months of World War Two. Author Maxwell Hawkins breathlessly covers the tense, dangerous missions of submarines USS Trout, Sea Raven, Pollack, Skipjack, Cuttlefish, and others. Between these first-hand reports stitched-together from interviews with crewmen, Hawkins describes the mechanical workings of submarines, as well as the history of submersibles beginning in the 17th Century. He spent over a year sifting through the archives of the Navy Department and conducted extensive interviews with many veteran submariners about their experiences in the Pacific during World War Two. The result is a classic study of underwater warfare, a must read for military historians and World War 2 buffs.

Author : Maxwell Hawkins
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1014068479

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Torpedoes Away, Sir! Our Submarine Navy in the Pacific by Maxwell Hawkins Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Max Hennessy
Publisher : Canelo
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781788634465

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The Lion at Sea by Max Hennessy Pdf

A young recruit. A legendary battle. A cataclysmic war. A baptism by fire... Kelly Maguire knew from a young age that he could accomplish great things. As World War I begins, Kelly enlists in the Royal Navy, hoping to win both the war and glory. But from the barbarous battles of Gallipoli to the nightmarish action of Antwerp, Kelly learns the trials a soldier must face: trials that will forge him into a man. As the epic battle of Jutland approaches, everything is at stake. From acclaimed novelist Max Hennessy comes a gritty naval adventure, full of blood, guts and heroism in the face of danger.

Author : Jonathan J. McCullough
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780446537070

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A Tale of Two Subs by Jonathan J. McCullough Pdf

Discover the shocking and fascinating true story of one of the most dramatic naval events in World War II history. On November 19, 1943, the submarine USS Sculpin, under attack by the Japanese, slid below the waves for the last time in what would become one of the most remarkable stories in U.S. Naval history. Not only did several crewmembers survive the sinking - an extremely rare event in World War II submarine warfare - but several were aboard a Japanese aircraft carrier enroute to a POW camp when it was in turn torpedoed and sunk by the Sculpin's sister ship, the USS Sailfish. At the end of World War II, several unlikely survivors would tell a tale of endurance against these amazing reversals of fortune. For one officer in particular, who knew that being captured could have meant losing the war for the allies, his struggle was not in surviving, but in sealing his own fate in a heartbreaking act of heroism which culminated in the nation's highest tribute, the Medal of Honor. Sculpin Lt. Commander John Phillip Cromwell was one of the few who knew that American Naval Intelligence had succeeded in cracking Japan's top-secret codes. Cromwell also knew that if the Japanese confirmed this by torturing him, it would force Naval Intelligence to change their encryption, which would potentially change the course of the war. This is Cromwell's story as well. The incredible interconnection of the Sculpin and the Sailfish has been thoroughly researched by Jonathan McCullough. Through access to the few living survivors, scores of oral histories, never-before translated Japanese war documents, and interviews with Navy veterans, McCullough delivers a gripping and, intimate account for the reader.

Author : Maria Paz
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409294009

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Mercenary of the Seas by Maria Paz Pdf

In 2007, the retired French aircraft carrier "Clemenceau" was purchased by a UK company, allegedly for scrap.Yet the true was other, as the Clemenceau was indeed bought by the Private Military Company "Sanders International" and christened "Privateer".In an unprecedented move that may have opened the door to the regular use of PMCs, the UN Security Council mandated Sanders International to intervene in Somalia; on the war against piracy.Yet getting there was already an adventure by itself and as the plot evolves, Mike Sanders will find himself trapped in a CIA plot to destroy the European Union.

Author : James Jackson
Publisher : James Jackson
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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First Contact by James Jackson Pdf

The adventure you're about to embark upon is one of discovery and hope, as humanity comes to terms with its 'First Contact'.When a fleet of spaceships arrives in orbit, it raises a number of compelling questions. What brings them here? Are they friendly? What will happen to us?The visitors from space do not behave exactly how we expected them to. But then, what did we really expect to happen?With the intentions of our visitors not being fully known or understood, we are powerless to do more than become bystanders to our own fate.Earth's history is replete with examples of what happens when a powerful civilization meets a technologically inferior culture. The less advanced culture never comes away unaffected, at best they survive.

Author : Ron Martini
Publisher : Ron Martini
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781932606140

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The Submariner's Dictionary Or Submariner's Compendium of Terms & Tar's Handbook of Naval Verbiage and Retired Guy's Re-familiarization Manual by Ron Martini Pdf

Submariners are a tight knit group of men bound together by training and experience, and with a language all their own. That language is perhaps a little vulgar, but never intentionally demeaning, and a little irreverent but still worldly. This work is an attempt to preserve and explain some of these curious guys who so proudly wear a shiny metal pin that looks like a strange pair of fish on their left breast. This process of accumulating this new language begins in Boot Camp, and is added to with every change of duty station the sailor undergoes. It is heard aboard the boats and, unknowingly, by family members who can't understand terms like head, deck, and overhead, and who think SOS is a distress signal.

Author : Robert John Bullock
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781622125821

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Jacob's War by Robert John Bullock Pdf

This novel for older children and teenagers highlights the panic the British nation felt in spring 1940, when Hitler's army poised for invasion only a few miles away in Calais, the RAF is stretched to the limit, and cities are bombed and burned to the ground. As the plight of children evacuated from Germany is at stake, and desperate refugees are fleeing tyranny, read of the hope and adventure of two teenage boys, one a displaced American and the other a happy-go-lucky Yorkshire lad. Based on true stories and personal accounts, this research project supported by Arts Council England finally tells the story of one of Britain's wartime secrets. When top U.S. scientist Carl Becker moves his family to Britain in May 1940 to work on the new RADAR system, all their lives change forever. While Carl is visiting the Ministry of War, police call at his mother's house to arrest her, his wife, his ten-year-old daughter, and twelve-year-old son, Jacob, sending them to camps on the Isle of Man. All because Carl's mum was born in Germany. As Carl struggles to find them, Jacob is split from the family because he looks older. Jacob is transported with a Yorkshire boy, whose father is German, to a brutal men's internment camp on the island, where Jacob's War starts. Jacob is imprisoned with violent Nazi supporters, witnesses terrible things, and is shipped to Canada on a vessel that is torpedoed. He is shipwrecked and rescued by the U.S. Navy. While the British seem unconcerned, in America, his story goes all the way to President Roosevelt!

Author : Noah Beck
Publisher : Noah Beck
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781482774375

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The Last Israelis by Noah Beck Pdf

"In this gripping doomsday thriller "ripped from the headlines," Iran has threatened to destroy Israel while developing the nuclear capability to do so. Struck by a medical emergency, Israel's Prime Minister falls unconscious just as military action is needed to stop Iran's nukes. History is now up to 35 Israelis aboard the Dolphin -- a powerful submarine armed with nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles. Ship unity is crucial to mission success, but deep conflicts rise to the surface among crew members who are ethnically diverse and idealogically divided. On their subsequent voyage to Armageddon, the submariners must confront pulse-pounding threats at sea before facing an unthinkable dilemma. It will be the toughest decision of their lives -- and it will determine the fate of the MIddle East."--Back cover.

Author : Douglas Reeman
Publisher : Random House
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781407010229

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Torpedo Run by Douglas Reeman Pdf

It was in 1943. On the Black Sea, the Russians were fighting a desperate battle to regain control. But the Russians' one real weakness was on the water: whatever they did, the Germans did it better, and the daring hit-and-run tactics of the E-boats plagued them. At last the British agreed to send them a small flotilla of motor torpedo boats under the command of John Devane. More than a veteran, he was a survivor - and the two rarely went together in the savage war of MTBs. Devane soon learned that, even against the vast and raging background of the Eastern Front, war could still be a personal duel between individuals. ______________________________ A classic tale of naval warfare from Douglas Reeman, the all-time bestselling master of naval fiction, who served with the Royal Navy on convoy duty in the Atlantic, the Arctic and the North Sea. He has written dozens of naval books under his own name and the pseudonym Alexander Kent, including the famous Richard Bolitho books set during the Napoleonic Wars.

Author : Derek Hart
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0595810802

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Element of Surprise by Derek Hart Pdf

Canadian Travis Kelland was 20 years old when Germany invaded Poland to start World War II. Travis was also the only son and heir to Sir Charles Kelland, a wealthy and powerful businessman whose vast holdings stretched across many provinces of Canada. Sir Charles was grooming young Travis to eventually take the reins of the Kelland empire. However, Travis had other plans. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy and set forth on a grand adventure to fight the Nazis. Of course, Travis was in for a rude awakening. He joined the MTB's (Motor Torpedo Boats) squadrons fighting in the Channel and the North Sea and was immediately faced with death and destruction, winning the DSO from the King himself. Yet Travis was a survivor too. After proving himself in combat, he is transferred to the Mediterranean and took command of his own MTB based out of Alexandria, Egypt. In this theatre of operations, his crew fight Germans and Italians, constantly faced with overwhelming odds and the constant threat of Rommel. These are the adventures of MTB 545, from 1940?1945, spanning the desperate years to the days just prior to the D-Day invasion.

Author : Victoria. Parliament
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HWBZDD

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Parliamentary Debates by Victoria. Parliament Pdf

Author : Don Brown
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780310410454

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Storming the Black Ice by Don Brown Pdf

When British geologists discover the world's largest oil reserves under the desolate, icy tundra of Antarctica, Britain and Chile form a top-secret alliance for control of petroleum resources that will rival the economic power of OPEC. But when their discovery is uncovered by an Argentinean intelligence officer, a surprise-attack against a secret British outpost in Antarctica triggers a war. Britain and Chile are in a military standoff against Venezuela and Argentina, and when the war escalates, Britain asks America for help. For two couples separated by the battle, the outcome will be either love reunited or devastating heartbreak. For a young British boy living with his mother in London, his father’s life is on the line. And for Pete Miranda, an American sub commander detailed on a special military assignment to his father's homeland of Chile, will his fate be a crushing death under the icy-cold waters of the Antarctic Ocean, or a future of life, light, and a second chance for love?

Author : Richard Turner
Publisher : Richard Turner
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Maelstrom by Richard Turner Pdf

Grace Maxwell, the freelance mercenary and ally from the Ryan Mitchell Thriller series, is back with her own new and exciting adventures. When the son of a Russian billionaire is kidnapped, Grace Maxwell is hired to find and rescue the missing man before all is lost. Working against the clock, Grace is drawn into a deadly conspiracy that aims to forever alter the destiny of SE Asia. From Russia to Vietnam and beyond, the race is on, and the stakes have never been higher.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Libraries
ISBN : MINN:31951000760515V

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Wisconsin Library Bulletin by Anonim Pdf