The fleet at flood tide
by James D. Hornfischer · first published 2016
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"Timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, here is an unprecedented account of the extraordinary World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise of the United States as a global superpower,"--Amazon.com.
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…Jaw-dropping descriptions of courage under fire. Fantastic book. Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal[4]. Covers several naval battles, but not much on the ground conflict. Really good book too. The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific[5]. The late Pacific war, with the invasion of Saipan, and the naval aircraft battle of the Philippines, leading up to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the end of the war.…
on “The Programmer's Brain (2021)” ↗Even more incredible, the USA landed on Saipan soon after the Allies landed in Normandy. The landing ships for operation FORAGER had to travel 1,000 miles across open ocean. Recommended reading: The Fleet at Flood Tide by James Hornfischer, and Twilight of the Gods by Ian Toll.
on “Visualizing World War II” ↗There's a bit about them in James D. Hornfischer's last book, The Fleet At Flood Tide, and the role they played in the western Pacific.
on “World War II frogmen who trained in secret off the California coast” ↗