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: United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 496 |
Release |
: 1947 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015019345522 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Building the Navy's Bases in World War II by : United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
Author |
: Richard Tregaskis |
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Total Pages |
: 496 |
Release |
: 1975 |
ISBN-10 |
: NYPL:33433050617517 |
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: |
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: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Southeast Asia, Building the Bases by : Richard Tregaskis
Author |
: Bonita Gilbert |
Publisher |
: Casemate |
Total Pages |
: 345 |
Release |
: 2012-12-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781612001418 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1612001416 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Building for War by : Bonita Gilbert
The story of the Americans who came under attack five hours after Pearl Harbor was hit: “Intriguing, informative, gripping, and at times very moving” (Naval Historical Foundation). This intimately researched work tells the story of the thousand-plus Depression-era civilian contractors who came to Wake Island, a remote Pacific atoll, in 1941 to build an air station for the US Navy—charting the contractors’ hard-won progress as they scramble to build the naval base, as well as runways for US Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortresses, while war clouds gather over the Pacific. Five hours after their attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese struck Wake Island, which was now isolated from assistance. The undermanned Marine Corps garrison, augmented by civilian-contractor volunteers, fought back against repeated enemy attacks, at one point thwarting a massive landing assault. The atoll was under siege for two weeks as its defenders continued to hope for the US Navy to come to their rescue. Finally succumbing to an overwhelming amphibious attack, the surviving Americans, military and civilian, were taken prisoner. While most were shipped off to Japanese POW camps for slave labor, a number of the civilians were retained as workers on occupied Wake. Later in the war, the last ninety-eight Americans were brutally massacred by their captors. The civilian contractors who had risked distance and danger for well-paying jobs ended up paying a steep price: their freedom and, for many, their lives. Written by the daughter and granddaughter of civilians who served on Wake Island, Building for War sheds new light on why the United States was taken by surprise in December 1941, and shines a spotlight on the little-known, virtually forgotten story of a group of civilian workers and their families whose lives were forever changed by the events on this tiny atoll.
Author |
: Jak P. Mallmann Showell |
Publisher |
: Fonthill Media |
Total Pages |
: 285 |
Release |
: 2017-01-21 |
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: 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Synopsis Hitler's Naval Bases by : Jak P. Mallmann Showell
Hitler's U-boats and his dreaded pocket battleships such as Bismarck and Tirpitz - Churchill dubbed the latter as 'The Beast' - continue to fascinate an ever-growing interest in the Second World War. Despite a numerical disadvantage when compared the Royal Navy, Hitler's U-boats wrecked havoc in the Atlantic against vulnerable convoys and the doomed Bismarck took on the might of Britain's battleships in a mighty clash of the titans. Hitler's Naval Bases, a work of love that took the author over forty years to research and write, is the most comprehensive and dedicated book on the subject matter. A world's first, it covers bases in remarkable detail from the smallest and unmanned locations to the largest dedicated bases in Lorient, Kiel and Wilhemshaven. The book covers the different types of naval base from isolated and forgotten bases, escape and survival bases, to the extremities of the main naval bases. The functions and various departments - artillery, ship construction to dockyard medical service - are explained as are North Sea naval bases in Emden, The Weser Ports and Cuxhaven, Baltic ports, the major bases that never were ('The Lobster's Claw on Heligoland') to France, Asia and German colonies, including re-fuelling in Spain and bases located in Russia and in the 'Heart of England'. Also covered are naval artillery and naval infantry as well as the anatomy of coastal artillery batteries, the shipping yards and even rules for living in such conditions. A most lavish and phenomenal book, it is beautifully illustrated with over 200 unpublished photographs complemented with thousands of unique interviews with veterans during the war as well as survivors. A labour of love, Hitler's Naval Bases is written by a world's leading authoritarian figure and is an essential book for those interested in the armed forces of the Third Reich.
Author |
: United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 482 |
Release |
: 1947 |
ISBN-10 |
: IND:30000082161492 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Building the Navy's Bases in World War II by : United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
Author |
: M. L. Shettle |
Publisher |
: Melvin L. Shettle, Jr |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0964338807 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780964338807 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis United States Naval Air Stations of World War II: Eastern states by : M. L. Shettle
This valuable reference is devoted to the history of Naval air bases in the eastern US during WWII and describes the status and use of those bases today. The author's goal is to make the story of each of these airfields available to all that might be interested. Filled with 84 air stations featured in aerial photographs and fully profiled by the author. Hdbd., 11 1-4"x 8 3-4", 241 pgs., 259 b&w ill.
Author |
: United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 554 |
Release |
: 1947 |
ISBN-10 |
: IND:30000082161484 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Building the Navy's Bases in World War II by : United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
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: |
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: U.S. Navy Seabee Museum |
Total Pages |
: 550 |
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: |
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: 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Synopsis Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: A History of the Bureau of Yards and Docls, 1940-1946, Volume 2 by :
Author |
: Wallace T. Martin |
Publisher |
: Government Printing Office |
Total Pages |
: 79 |
Release |
: 2013-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780160921605 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0160921600 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Arming the Fleet Highlights by : Wallace T. Martin
Arming The Fleet (ATF) Highlights includes very current and basic information on the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) and is 159 pages in ePub file format (76 pages in print) versus the larger comprehensive book which contains 402 pages in ePub file format (208 pages in print) and covers historical accomplishments from 1943 to today. All data contained in the smaller Highlights is included in the larger book.
Author |
: Carol Burkhart |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 16 |
Release |
: 1993 |
ISBN-10 |
: MINN:31951D01035052L |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (2L Downloads) |
Synopsis World War II National Historic Landmarks by : Carol Burkhart