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1.

Shattered sword

by - Parshall, Jonathan
The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway (2007, Potomac Books Inc.)
Description: Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without questio ...
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2.

Struggle for the middle sea

by - O'Hara, Vincent P.
The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940-1945 (2009, Naval Institute Press)
Description: The Mediterranean Sea was the most intensely contested body of water in World War II. As the maritim ...
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3.

Iron Coffins

by - Werner, Herbert A.
A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II (2002, Da Capo Press)
Description: Herbert A. Werner was the Commander of U ...
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4.

British battleships 1939-45 (1)

by - Konstam, Angus
Queen Elizabeth and Royal Soverign Classes (2009, Osprey Publishing)
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5.

Escape from the deep

by - Kershaw, Alex
A Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew (2008, Da Capo Press)
Description: The adrenaline-soaked story of nine men who fought the Japanese from America's deadliest submarine, ...
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6.

Bismarck

by - Zetterling, Niklas
A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany's Greatest Battleship (2009, Casemate)
Description: The sinking of the German battleship Bismarck-a masterpiece of engineering, well-armored with a main ...
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7.

The Cruel Sea

by - Monsarrat, Nicholas (1999, United States Naval Inst.)
Description: The story is about convoy escorts, first aboard the corvette H.M.S. Compass Rose, and later on the f ...
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8.

Guadalcanal: Decision at Sea

by - Hammel, Eric M.
The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Nov. 13-15, 1942 (1999, Pacifica Pr)
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9.

Enigma

by - Harris, Robert (1996, Random House)
Description: A really good novel dealing with the Enigma code-breaking effort o ...
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10.

Down to the Sea

by - Henderson, Bruce
An Epic Story of Naval Disaster and Heroism in World War II (2008, Collins)
Description: This epic story opens at the hour the Greatest Generation went to war on December 7, 1941, and follo ...
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11.

U.S. Battleships

by - Friedman, Norman and Alan Raven (Illustrator), A. D., III Baker (Illustrator)
An Illustrated Design History (1986, United States Naval Inst.)
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12.

Pandora's Curse

by - DuBrul, Jack (2001, Onyx Books)
Description: Geologist Philip Mercer joins a mixed group of Americans, Germans, Russians, and others on an expedi ...
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13.

Wahoo

by - O'Kane, Richard H.
The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine (1996, Presidio Press)
Description: Dick O’Kane’s classic memoir of his early war days on board USS Wahoo in five patrols under Pinky Ke ...
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14.

The Forgotten Fleet

by - Madsen, Daniel
The Mothball Navy (2000, United States Naval Inst.)
Description: From the publisher: "A pictorial history of the U.S. Navy's mothball fleet, this handsome book takes ...
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15.

Fortress 3: U-boat Bases and Bunkers 1941-45

by - Williamson, Gordon and Ian Palmer (2003, Osprey Military)
Description: Describes the design, construction, defences and service history of the German U-boat bases in the S ...
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16.

German Headgear in World War II

by - Moran, Pat and Maguire, Jon A.
A Photographic Study of German Hats and Helmets, Volume 1: Army/Luftwaffe/Kriegsmarine (1997, Schiffer Military History, Atglen)
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17.

Death at a Distance

by - Michael Sturma
The Loss of the Legendary USS Harder (2006, US Naval Institute Press)
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18.

The Two-Ocean War

by - Morison, Samuel Eliot
A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War (1989, Little Brown & Co (Pap))
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19.

Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story

by - Fuchida, Mitsuo (2001, United States Naval Inst.)
Description: Very interesting story of the battle from the Japanese point of view. The foreword is written by Adm ...
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20.

Ships for Victory

by - Lane, Frederic Chapin
A History of Shipbuilding Under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II (2001, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr)
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21.

Splinter Fleet

by - Treadwell, Theodore R.
The Wooden Subchasers of World War II (2000, United States Naval Inst.)
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22.

Why the Allies Won

by - Overy, Richard (1997, W W Norton & Co)
Description: This book devotes a chapter to each of the decisive military campaigns of the war. One is entitled ...
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23.

Clear The Bridge!

by - O'Kane, Richard
The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang (1997, Presidio Press)
Description: The captain of the USS Tang describes in detail the tours of duty on board his submarine.
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24.

The U-Boat War in the Caribbean

by - Kelshall, Gaylord T.M. (2004, United States Naval Inst.)
Description: Over 500 pages of small print! Covers the entire war in the theatre in great detail, both from sea a ...
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25.

Thunder Point

by - Higgins, Jack (1994, Berkley Publishing Group)
Description: Story of a British intelligence agent diving on a mysterious U-boat found in the Caribbean. The comm ...
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26.

The Bode Testament

by - Sandy Shanks (2001, iUniverse.com)
Description: The Battle of Savo Island, on 9 Aug, 1942 was the worst naval defeat of the US Navy. This book cover ...
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27.

The Boat

by - Buchheim, Lothar-Günther (1999, Orion Military)
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28.

The Ship That Would Not Die

by - Becton, F. Julian with Joseph Morschauser, III
none (1987, Pictorial Histories Pub Co)
Description: About the author's service on the Laffey. First published 1980.
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29.

Battleship Oklahoma BB-37

by - Phister, Jeff (2008, University of Oklahoma Press)
Description: The comprehensive history of the USS Oklahoma from its christening in 1914 to its final loss ...
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30.

In Peril on the Sea

by - Graves, Donald E.
The Royal Canadian Navy and the Battle of the Atlantic (2003, Robin Brass Studio, Toronto)
Description: The story of the RCN's contribution to the Battle of the Atlantic, told partly through first hand ac ...
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