The Great Sea War / E.B. Potter - Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN / World War II / AllNavyBooks.com

“The GREAT SEA WAR” The dramatic story of naval action in World War II. Edited by E.B. Potter and Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN. Foreword by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN. Here in a single volume is one of the most authoritative, thoroughly documented accounts of all naval action in World War II, from the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 through the surrender of Japan in Tokyo Bay and the final capitulation of the German navy in 1945. The wealth of information presented makes this book the most complete report on what happened on the sea in World War II. It was prepared under the direction of the well-known author E.B. Potter, of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, and famed Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, with a staff of historians at the Naval Academy. This book represents years of careful research, writing and rewriting. All of the accounts have been read and authenticated by the actual participants in the various naval actions described. Written in a dramatic narrative style, this precise history discourses on––Atlantic Surface Operations, the Struggle for the Mediterranean, The Battle of the Atlantic, The Allied Offensive Against North Africa, The Problems of the Pacific, The Defeat of Germany and Japan––to name only a few of the campaigns which are meticulously examined in this book. Long out-of-print, this rare book is very difficult to find. 1960 Hardback edition with dust jacket. 468 pages, a staggering 96 maps, several graphs, and an index. No photos.

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