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Fremantle's submarines : how Allied submariners and Western Australians helped win the war in the Pacific / Michael Sturma.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sturma, Michael, 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Australia--Fremantle (W.A.).
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- Fremantle (W.A.)--History, Military.
- Fremantle (W.A.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From unpromising beginnings in March 1942, the submarine base at Fremantle became a vital part of the Allied offensive against Japan. Pushed back from the Philippines and the Netherlands East Indies, American submariners, accompanied by small numbers of Dutch, retreated to Fremantle on the remote west coast of Australia as a port of last resort. Far from their prospective patrol areas and their own supply lines, they had little reason to feel optimistic. Thanks largely to a welcoming civilian population, the morale of Allied submariners quickly improved, as did their effectiveness in fighting
- Contents:
- ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Illustrations ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction ""; ""1. On the Edge""; ""2. Like Heaven ""; ""3. Wilkes ""; ""4. Lockwood ""; ""5. Torpedoes and Tragedies""; ""6. Christie""; ""7. Traveling North ""; ""8. Sailors' Women ""; ""9. Hunter and Hunted ""; ""10. Trouble in Paradise ""; ""11. War of Attrition ""; ""12. Support and Supply ""; ""13. Cruel Months ""; ""14. The British Arrive""; ""15. Adjustments and Special Missions ""; ""16. Battle of Leyte Gulf ""; ""17. Transitions ""; ""18. Tribulations ""; ""19. Cooperation at Sea""; ""20. War's End ""
- ""Epilogue""""Notes""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index ""; ""About the Author ""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61251-861-3
- OCLC:
- 916940837
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