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Lädt ... Tin Can Titans: The Heroic Men and Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadronvon John Wukovits
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  rscottm182gmailcom | Mar 12, 2024 |   Actually, the question this book reminds me of is just why were the operational commanders of the American surface forces so slow to learn tactical lessons in combat with the Imperial Japanese Navy. That Daniel Callaghan and Norman Scott both died in action didn't help, but one wonders if the USN surface-warfare officers had learned all the wrong lessons serving with the British Grand Fleet in the Great War; having absorbed Jellicoe's fixation on control. Certainly the generation of officers that came before and after them seemed more intellectually flexible. It is known that the USN had a bad habit of assuming that the IJN thought like they did when lacking better information until rather late in the day; though that can be taken as a commentary on Japanese success in keeping their doctrine and technology secret. (  ) Shrike58 | May 24, 2020 | Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML: When Admiral William Halsey selected Destroyer Squadron 21 to lead his victorious ships into Tokyo Bay to accept the Japanese surrender, it was the most battle-hardened US naval squadron of the war. But it was not the squadron of ships that had accumulated such an inspiring résumé; it was the people serving aboard them. Sailors, not metallic superstructures and hulls, had won the battles and become the stuff of legend. Men like Commander Donald MacDonald, skipper of the USS O'Bannon, who became the most decorated naval officer of the Pacific war; Lieutenant Hugh Barr Miller, who survived his ship's sinking and waged a one-man battle against the enemy while stranded on a Japanese-occupied island; and Doctor Dow "Doc" Ransom, the beloved physician of the USS La Vallette, who combined a mixture of humor and medical expertise to treat his patients at sea, epitomize the sacrifices made by all the men and women of World War II. Through diaries, personal interviews with survivors, and letters written to and by the crews during the war, preeminent historian of the Pacific theater John Wukovits brings to life the human story of the squadron and its men, who bested the Japanese in the Pacific and helped take the war to Tokyo. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.54History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War IIKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (3.81)
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Well done, Mr Wukovits! (