Here for the first time is the definitive history of the submarine war against Japan -- the ONLY full-scale submarine war the United States ever fought -- which has for the most part been shrouded in secrecy for three decades. Only recently have the codebreakers who played such a pivotal role in the submarine war been willing to talk about their work. And only recently have the private papers, …
Profusely illustrated text discusses the campaigns and battles between American and Japanese forces in the Pacific that led to the defeat of the Japanese in World War II
Germany attempts to strangle Britain--U-boats--Bismarck--convoys--Allied counterattack
An account of the campaigns and battles between Japan and the Allied nations in the Pacific and Asia during World War II
The Guadalcanal campaign and the slow conquest of islands in the Pacific by U.S. forces during the last months of World War II. Part of the Time-Life series on World War II