Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

The Naval Warfare of World War II: The History of the Ships, Tactics, and Battles that Shaped the Fighting in the Atlantic and Pacific

3 Anmeldelser

3.7

Længde
3T 47M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Historie

Naval combat underwent a significant metamorphosis during World War II. Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan launched some of the most powerful battleships ever to sail the world's oceans, yet the conflict witnessed the emergence and triumph of the aircraft carrier as the 20th century's true monarch of the seas. Submarine warfare expanded and developed, while aircraft technology and doctrine experienced several revolutionary changes due to the unforgiving demands of the new combat environment.

In time, the American and British navies progressively destroyed their Axis counterparts, ensuring clear sea lanes, high strategic mobility for seaborne invasions, and large-scale air support that eventually battered the Axis armies into submission. Just as the Luftwaffe paralyzed Poland's defenders in 1939 with air superiority, so the Allies' mastery of naval and aerial warfare turned the tables to paralyze the Nazis and Japanese: “The fate of Germany and Japan was sealed by the many-layered application of Anglo-American air and sea power. The totality of this pressure [...] eventually choked off Axis mobility. Air and sea power could operate throughout the productive process, not only to affect the battlefield, but to determine how much and what kinds of military equipment were produced and deployed.” (O'Brien, 2015, 480).

Indeed, the “ultimate weapon” of World War II proved to be not a powerful tank or a specific type of aircraft, but a gigantic piece of military hardware combining the newly augmented power of both air and naval operations, the aircraft carrier. Every diverse element of the military machine had a crucial role to play, but the aircraft carrier stood head and shoulders above any other single system as the key to victory in the mid 1940s.

© 2023 Charles River Editors (Lydbog): 9798868759475

Release date

Lydbog: 14. september 2023

Andre kan også lide...

  1. The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936–1945 John Toland
  2. Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-45 Max Hastings
  3. Hitler's Soldiers: The German Army in the Third Reich Ben H. Shepherd
  4. Desert Fox: The Storied Military Career of Erwin Rommel Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.
  5. Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris, June 6th–August 25th, 1944 John Keegan
  6. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany William L. Shirer
  7. Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Pride of Hitler’s Fleet Iain Ballantyne
  8. Blitzkrieg: From the Ground Up Niklas Zetterling
  9. Battle: The Story of the Bulge John Toland
  10. Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front Günter K. Koschorrek
  11. The Phantom Major: The Story of David Stirling and His Desert Command Virginia Cowles
  12. The Secret History of World War II: Spies, Code Breakers & Covert Operations Stephen G. Hyslop
  13. D-Days in the Pacific Donald L. Miller
  14. The Last Battle Cornelius Ryan
  15. The Last 100 Days: The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe John Toland
  16. The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939–1945 Max Hastings
  17. The Germans in Normandy Richard Hargreaves
  18. The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 Cornelius Ryan
  19. Operation Pedestal: The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942 Max Hastings
  20. The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War Mark E. Stille
  21. Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway Walter Lord
  22. Steel Boat Iron Hearts: A U-boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505 John Vanzo
  23. Decision in Normandy Carlo D’Este
  24. Churchill: History in an Hour Andrew Mulholland
  25. Those Who Fall John Muirhead
  26. Panzer Gunner: From My Native Canada to the German Ostfront and Back. In Action with 25th Panzer Regiment, 7th Panzer Division 1944-45 Bruno Friesen
  27. Für Volk and Führer: The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler Erwin Bartmann
  28. How Carriers Fought: Carrier Operations in WWII Lars Celander
  29. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 Christopher Clark
  30. The White Sniper: Simo Häyhä Tapio Saarelainen
  31. Target Tirpitz: X-Craft, Agents and Dambusters - The Epic Quest to Destroy Hitler’s Mightiest Warship Patrick Bishop
  32. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz Erik Larson
  33. Carrier Pilot Norman Hanson
  34. On a Knife’s Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942–March 1943: The Ukraine, November 1942-March 1943 Prit Buttar
  35. Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934–1941 William L. Shirer
  36. 1066: History in an Hour Kaye Jones
  37. Thunder Below!: The USS *Barb* Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II Eugene B. Fluckey
  38. Enterprise: America’s Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II Barrett Tillman
  39. The Last Days of Stalin Joshua Rubenstein
  40. Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific R. V. Burgin
  41. The Loch Ness Monster: The History and Legacy of the World’s Most Famous Cryptid Charles River Editors
  42. Instrument of War: The German Army 1914–18 Dennis E. Showalter
  43. Battle for the Ruhr: The German Army's Final Defeat in the West Derek S. Zumbro
  44. Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boat Codes, 1939–1943 David Kahn
  45. Hitler's Hangman: The Life of Heydrich Robert Gerwarth

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Prøv gratis