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Annapolis goes to war : the Naval Academy class of 1940 and its trial by fire in World War II /

America's preeminent naval historian, Craig L. Symonds, offers a history of the Second World War based on the experiences of the young officers, fresh out of the United States Naval Academy, who served on its front lines.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Symonds, Craig L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
United States Naval Academy. > Class of Forty > Biography.
United States. > Navy > Officers > History > World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations navales américaines.
European history.
Warfare and Defence.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : reef points
  • Part I. Midshipmen
  • Appointment
  • Plebe year
  • Youngster cruise
  • Youngsters
  • Beat Army
  • Firsties
  • Part II. Junior officers
  • The real Navy
  • The cusp of war
  • Infamy
  • Retribution
  • U-boats, convoys, and matrimony
  • The Coral Sea and Midway
  • Part III. On the offensive
  • Savo Island
  • Ironbottom Sound
  • Flight training
  • The Med
  • Submarine warfare
  • "Moored as before"
  • Part IV. Valediction
  • Semper fidelis
  • The Atlantic again
  • The Battle of Leyte Gulf
  • Iwo Jima and Okinawa
  • Culmination
  • Epilogue.