|
|
Product Description
Author Charles Lockwood (Sink ‘Em All) brings his unique flair for submarine warfare story-telling to his account of Operation Barney, the secret mission during World War 2 to extend the conflict in the Pacific beyond the Sea of Japan and closer to the enemy’s coastline.On June 9, 1945, torpedoes from nine American submarines – ‘The Hellcats’ – were launched at dozens of Japanese freighters, paralyzing maritime operations between Japan and Korea. Each U.S. sub was equipped with newly designed mine-detectors and Mark-18s -- electronic torpedoes that left no traceable wakes or fume exhausts. Operation Barney continued for 15 days and proved a crucial breakthrough in the war, with U.S. submarines sinking 28 Japanese ships totaling some 70,000 tons.
Hellcats of the Sea is a riveting account of the planning and events of those 15 days.
*Annotated edition with original footnotes.
*Includes photographs from Operation Barney.
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
- Thunderbolt!: The Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace
- One Damned Island After Another: The Saga of the Seventh
- Torpedo 8 (Annotated): The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron
- Battle for the Solomons (Illustrated)
- B-29 Superfortress (Annotated): The Plane that Won the War
- Zoomies, Subs, and Zeros (Annotated)
- Torpedoes Away! (Annotated): Our Submarine Navy in the Pacific
- Air War in the Pacific (Annotated): The Journal of General George Kenney, Commander of the Fifth U.S. Air Force
- The Navy's Air War (Annotated): A Mission Completed
- Mission Beyond Darkness
*If this is not the "Hellcats of the Sea (Annotated): Operation Barney and the Mission to the Sea of Japan" product you were looking for, you can check the other results by clicking this link
.
Details were last updated on May 8, 2024 01:01 +08.
