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Wragg, David W.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations.
Admirals -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography.
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Fighting admirals of...
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Fighting admirals of the Second World War / by David Wragg.
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Wragg, David W.
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 2009.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations.
Admirals -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781591142690 (hbk.)
1591142695
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ix, 198 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
The War at sea - Europe and the North Atlantic -- The War at sea - The Far East -- The US Navy -- Over cautious or simply unlucky? Admiral Jack 'Frank" Fletcher, USN -- A "Bull" in a china shop: Fleet Admiral William 'Bull" Halsey, USN -- Fighting on two fronts: Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USN -- Seeing Pearl Harbor as a blessing: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN -- Decisive in action and cool in planning: Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN -- The Royal Navy -- 'ABC': Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope, RN -- Victor of North Cape: Admiral Sir Bruce Austin Fraser, RN -- Poacher turned gamekeeper: Admiral Sir Max Horton, RN -- 'Catnapping at meetings: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Dudley Pound, RN -- The Admiral who evacuated the British Army from France, and sent it back again: Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey, RN -- Dash and daring: Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Somerville, RN -- Sinking the Bismarck: Admiral of the Fleet Sir John 'Jack" Cronyn Tovey -- The Royal Netherlands Navy -- Outnumbered, outgunned and outclassed! Rear Admiral Karel Willem Frederick Marie Doorman -- The French Navy -- An Enigma: Admiral Jean Francois Darlan -- The German Navy -- Advocate of unrestricted U-boar warfare: Grand , Admiral Karl Donitz -- Builder of the Kriegsmarine: Grand Admiral Erich Johann Albert Raeder -- The Italian Navy -- The new broom: Admiral Arturo Riccardi -- The Imperial Japanese Navy -- An overcautious Commander : Fleet Admiral Minechi Koga -- Japan's most successful Commander at Sea: Fleet Admiral Nobutake Kondo -- Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory: Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa -- Commanding defeat: Admiral Soemu Toyoda -- Planning the War, expecting defeat: Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto -- Defining leadership at sea.
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