Blood On The Sea: American Destroyers Lost In World War Ii - Hardcover

Parkin, Robert Sinclair

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1885119178 ISBN 13: 9781885119179

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1995

Synopsis

Contains a chapter on each of the 71 U.S. destroyers that were sunk in World War II, briefly describing their operational life and then their violent demise. Also provides historical sketches of the naval heroes the lost destoyers were named for. Provides a fascinating insight into the global scope of the war, with battles from the Mediterranean to Guadalcanal to the Java Sea.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert S. Parkin is a navy veteran who has also written

Review:

Seventy-one U. S. Destroyers were lost in the Second World War. Blood On The Sea describes each event, taking the reader on a breathtaking tour of American military action, on a multitude of fronts and on both sides of the globe. From the stormy North Atlantic to the calm, blue Mediterranean; from the U. S. East Coast to the vast reaches of the Pacific, brought home to the reader is the enormous scale of our simultaneous war against Germany and Japan -- and the dedication of the young fighting men who prosecuted the war. Lurking enemy submarines infested both the Atlantic and Pacific; within range of the Luftwaffe, no ship could be considered safe. In the hot expanses of the Pacific a ship could suddenly find itself swarmed by Japanese aircraft, or encounter a long-range cruiser. The American Destroyers were omnipresent in every pitched battle. The infernos off Guadalcanal and Okinawa took a grievous toll of our sailors, and off Salerno and Normandy, protecting the infantry transports, the Destroyers stood fast, albeit suffering causalities. Robert Parkin has written a history of each Destroyer's actions prior to its doom, as well as a context for the battle in which it was lost. Filled with eye-witness accounts, as well as the result of many years' research, Blood On The Sea offers an entirely unique perspective on battles fought around the globe during the last World War. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1885119178
• ISBN 13: 9781885119179
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360