U. S. Submarines in World War II: An Illustrated History of the Pacific

About this book

For more than sixty years the wartime secrecy surrounding U.S. submarines obscured their decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II. Submarines comprising just 2% of the U.S. Navy sank 55% of Japans merchant ships and one-third of its navy. Now U.S. Submarines in World War II brings to life this extraordinary American undersea campaign with maps photographs unique drawings and web animations. From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay this book provides a periscopes view of the patrols the losses and the battles that broke the Japanese Empire and gave the United States the greatest naval victory in history.