United States and Allied Submarine Successes in the Pacific and Far East During World War II.

Here is a comprehensive accounting of all United States and allied submarine attacks on the Japanese for which success was claimed or occurred. The expanded coverage focuses on successes by U.S. and British and Dutch submarines in the Pacific and Indian oceans, Soviet submarines, and losses caused b...

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Author / Creator: Alden, John D.
Other Authors / Creators:McDonald, Craig R.
Muhlthaler, Erich.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:4th ed.
Imprint: Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2009.
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Summary:Here is a comprehensive accounting of all United States and allied submarine attacks on the Japanese for which success was claimed or occurred. The expanded coverage focuses on successes by U.S. and British and Dutch submarines in the Pacific and Indian oceans, Soviet submarines, and losses caused by mines laid by submarines. The book also includes details from top-secret "Ultra" messages decoded during the war and recently translated documents that provide correct Japanese ship names, ship type and tonnage, convoy names, human loss numbers and other attack details, as well as a military evaluation of each attack.

Here is a comprehensive accounting of all United States and allied submarine attacks on the Japanese for which success was claimed or occurred. The expanded coverage focuses on successes by U.S. and British and Dutch submarines in the Pacific and Indian oceans, Soviet submarines, and losses caused by mines laid by submarines. The book also includes details from top-secret "Ultra" messages decoded during the war and recently translated documents that provide correct Japanese ship names, ship type and tonnage, convoy names, human loss numbers and other attack details, as well as a military evaluation of each attack.

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Physical Description:1 online resource (377 pages)
ISBN:9780786454334
Author Notes:John D. Alden is a retired U.S. Navy commander and a veteran of three World War II patrols in the Pacific Theater. He has written extensively on naval history, including five books and numerous articles. He lives in Delmar, New York. Craig R. McDonald is director of information and data services within the University Division at Indiana University in Bloomington.