Fremantle's submarines : how Allied submariners and Western Australians helped to win the war in the Pacific

Fremantle's submarines : how Allied submariners and Western Australians helped to win the war in the Pacific /

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 we...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Sturma, Michael, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 2015
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 > Australia > Fremantle (W.A.)
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean.
Fremantle (W.A.) > History, Military.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • On the edge
  • Like heaven
  • Wilkes
  • Lockwood
  • Torpedoes and tragedies
  • Christie
  • Traveling north
  • Sailors' women
  • Hunter and hunted
  • Trouble in paradise
  • War of attrition
  • Support and supply
  • Cruel months
  • The British arrive
  • Adjustments and special missions
  • Battle of Leyte Gulf
  • Transitions
  • Tribulations
  • Cooperation at sea
  • War's end
  • Epilogue.

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