Admiral Nimitz the commander of the Pacific Ocean theater
A portrait of a World War II admiral traces his pivotal role in commanding all U.S. and Allied air, land, and sea forces in the Pacific after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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New York, NY
Palgrave Macmillan
2011
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Admiral Nimitz |b the commander of the Pacific Ocean theater |c Brayton Harris |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | |a 1. Texas -- 2. Naval Academy -- 3. A Philippine adventure -- 4. Change of course -- 5. The Great War -- 6. Change and challenge -- 7. The professor -- 8. The Augusta -- 9. In training -- 10. Preparing for war -- 11. War -- 12. Opening gambit -- 13. The code-breakers -- 14. Fallout -- 15. The Nimitz style -- 16. On the offensive -- 17. Midcourse correction -- 18. The Marianas -- 19. A different sort of war -- 20. The "Return" -- 21. Iwo Jima -- 22. Okinawa -- 23. Surrender -- 24. Homecoming -- 25. The rocky road to CNO -- 26. Skirmishes -- 27. The last battle -- 28. Twilight. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a World war, 1939-1945 |x Campaigns |z Pacific area | |
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