History of United States naval operations in World War II
(Book)

v. 1. The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939-May 1943.

v. 2. Operations in North African waters, October 1942-June 1943.

v. 3. The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931-April 1942.

v. 4. Coral Sea, Midway and submarine actions, May 1942-August 1942.

v. 5. The struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942-February 1943.

v. 6. Breaking the Bismarcks barrier, 22 July 1942-1 May 1944.

v. 7. Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, June 1942-April 1944.

v. 8. New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944-August 1944.

v. 9. Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, January 1943-June 1944.

v. 10. The Atlantic battle won, May 1943-May 1945.

v. 11. The invasion of France and Germany, 1944-1945.

v. 12. Leyte, June 1944-January 1945.

v. 13. The liberation of the Philippines.

v. 14. Victory in the Pacific, 1945.

v. 15. Supplement and general index.

v. 1. The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939-May 1943

Introduction: The United States Navy between World Wars / Dudley W. Knox

International limitation of naval armaments

Pacifist propaganda

The "Billy Mitchell" Crusade

Development of fleet aviation

Development of amphibious warfare

General progress

Comparison of naval strength

The naval antagonists, 1939-1940

The Nazi Navy and naval policy

The Royal Navies

The neutrality patrols of the Atlantic Squadron

Transatlantic convoys under Anglo-Canadian escort, September 1939-December 1940

Convoy definitions

The Transatlantic convoys

Effect of the fall of France, June 1940

"Short of War" Policy, June 1940

March 1941

The "two-ocean navy"

Martinique and neutrality patrol

The destroyer-naval base deal with Britain

Lend-Lease

Staff conversations and basic strategic decisions, August 1940-March 1941

Transatlantic escort plans and the support force

"Short of War" Operations, March-August 1941

British transatlantic convoys, March-May 1941

Greenland and Western hemisphere defense

The crisis of midsummer, 1941

The United States Navy joins battle, September-December 1941

From patrol to escort duty

First blood for Nazis

Convoy procedure and early lessons

The first American convoy to the Orient, WS-12X

The German submarine offensive of 1942, January-July 1942

Transatlantic convoys, December 1941-June 1942

The assault on coastal and Caribbean shipping

First kills of U-boats

The North Russia run, December 1941-July 1942

Conditions and urgencies

The tough month of March

Task Force 39

Convoys PQ-16 and QP-13

The ordeal of PQ-17

Missions to Malta, April-May 1942

Trends and conclusions, January-June 1942

The organization of anti-submarine warfare, 1939-1942

The complex problem

Administration and sea frontiers

Weapons and devices

The anti-submarine fleet

Air power and the submarine

Coastal convoys

Amateurs and auxiliaries

The patrols

Mystery ships

Fishermen and air observers

Merchant ships and their armament

Ship production

Naval armed guards

Examples, errors and lessons, January-June 1942

Ten months' incessant battle, July 1942-April 1943

Transatlantic convoys

Gulf and Caribbean

Central transatlantic convoys

North Russia convoys

"Deus E Brasileiro," September 1941-April 1943

Unescorted ships with armed guards

Analysis and conclusion, April 1943

The situation from the German point of view

The situation from the Allied point of view.

v. 2. Operations in North African waters, October 1942-June 1943

The expedition against French Morocco

Preliminaries, July 1940-October 1942

The crossing, 20 October-7 November 1942

Landing at Fedhala, 8 November 1942

The Naval Battle of Casablanca, 8 November 1942

The Northern Attack, 7-11 November 1942

The Southern Attack, 7-11 November 1942

Morocco secured, 9 November-1 December 1942

The expeditions against Algeria and Tunisia

Preparations, October-November 1942

The winning of Algiers, 8-15 November 1942

The capture of Oran, 8-11 November 1942

The Navy in the Tunisian Campaign, November 1942-May 1943

Pantelleria.

v. 3. The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931-April 1942

Panay through Pearl

Hakko Ichiu, 1920-1940

The two navies, 1931-1941

Greater East Asia, 1938-1940

Last year of "peace" in East Asia, October 1940-November 1941

The attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941

The Philippines and near-by waters

The rising cloud, 1940-1941

Invasion, 8-25 December 1941

Fall of Guam, 10 December 1941

Landings in Malaya, 8-25 December 1941

Rear Guard in the Philippines, 10 December 1941-6 May 1942

Out from Pearl, 7 December 1941-4 March 1942

Pearl aftermath, 7-15 December 1941

Wake, 8-23 December 1941

Communications and carrier strikes, January-March 1942

Defense of the Malay Barrier, January-March 1942

The Abda Command

Balikpapan, 6-24 January 1942

The octopus, January-February 1942

Prelude to invasion of Java, 15-27 February 1942

The Battle of the Java Sea, 27 February 1942

Bloody sequel, 27 February-9 March 1942

Events in the Indian Ocean, 25 March-8 April 1942

First light, 10 March-18 April 1942.

v. 4. Coral Sea, Midway and submarine actions, May 1942-August 1942

Coral Sea, Midway, Aleutians

South from Rabaul, March-April 1942

Into the Coral Sea, 1-6 May 1942

Coral Sea: actions of 7 May

Carrier battle of 8 May

"Battle of Sydney," 31 May-1 June 1942

The Midway preliminaries, May 1942

The Battle of the Fourth of June

Midway: the pursuit phase, 5-7 June

The Aleutians, January-June 1942

Submarine actions

Submarine patrols, 1 April 1942-1 February 1943

The Makin Raid, 16-18 August 1942

The first American offensive, 10 July-8 August 1942

Strategic decisions, March-July 1942

Plans and preparations, June-July 1942

The landings, 7-8 August 1942.

v. 5. The struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942-February 1943

King Solomon's Isles, 1567-1942

Three weeks on Guadalcanal, 9 August-1 September 1942

The Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942

Attrition tactics, 28 August-5 September 1942

The September crisis

Fighting along the Matanikau, 23 September-9 October 1942

The Battle of Cape Esperance, 11-12 October 1942

Mid-October misery, 13-17 October 1942

The Battle for Henderson Field, 19-26 October 1942

The Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, 26-27 October 1942

The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12-15 November 1942

The Battle of Tassafaronga, 30 November 1942

Securing Guadalcanal, 1 December 1942-29 January 1943

The Battle of Rennell Island, 29-30 January 1943

Guadalcanal evacuated, 1-9 February 1943.

v. 6. Breaking the Bismarcks barrier, 22 July 1942-1 May 1944

The Papuan Campaign

Strategic planning in 1943

Holding Papua, May-September 1942

Naval aspects of the Buna-Gona Campaign, September 1942-January 1943

Papuan pause, February 1943

The Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 2-5 March 1943

Southwest Pacific submarines, 8 February 1943-1 May 1944

The Central Solomons and Huon Gulf campaigns

Yamamoto's last offensive, April-May 1943

MacArthur moves forward, 22 June-6 July 1943

The invasion of New Georgia, 21 June-5 July 1943

The battles of Kula Gulf and Kolombangara, 5-16 July 1943

Conclusion of the New Georgia Campaign, 13 July-20 September 1943

Vella Lavella, 15 August-7 October 1943

Lae and Salamaua, 16 June-15 September 1943

Finschhafen and beyond, 16 September-20 October 1943

The Bougainville Campaign

The seizure of Empress Augusta Bay, 12 October-2 November 1943

The Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, 2 November 1943

Carrier strikes on Rabaul, 5-18 November 1943

Securing the beachhead, 2-13 November 1943

Busy Thanksgiving, 15-25 November 1943

Perimeter defense and development, 26 November-27 December 1943

Rings around Rabaul

Moving into New Britain, December 1943-January 1944

Airsols' assault on Rabaul, 17 December 1943-1 May 1944

Northabout, 25 December 1943-20 March 1944

The Battle of the Perimeter, January-March 1944

Admiralties annexed, 29 February-1 May 1944.

v. 7. Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, June 1942-April 1944 -- Fast carrier operations, 1943-1945 / James C. Shaw -- The recovery of the Western Aleutians: June 1942-August 1943 -- Nine months' Arctic warfare, 15 June 1942-18 March 1943 -- Aleutians situation -- Bombardment of Kiska, 7 August -- Adak and Amchitka -- Bombardment of Attu, 18 February -- The Battle of the Komandorski Islands, 26 March 1943 -- Attu regained, April-May 1943 -- Preparations and approach -- The landings, 11 May -- One week's struggle -- The final assault, 19-29 May -- The Aleutians secured, May-October 1943 -- Airfields and S-boats -- Concentrating on Kiska -- A slick evacuation, 28 July -- Bootless bombardment and bloodless occupation -- Aleutians secured -- The Gilbert Islands recovered (Operation "Galvanic") -- Plans and preparations -- The spider's web -- Micronesia in Pacific strategy -- Organization and training -- Preliminary operations -- Logistics afloat in the Pacific -- Organization and approach, November 1943 -- Makin, 19-29 November 1943 -- Plan and initial landings -- Lagoon landings -- Makin Taken -- Japanese reaction and counterattack, October-November 1943 -- Tarawa, 19-23 November 1943 -- The Japanese defensive system on Betio -- Plan, leaders, approach -- Betio assaulted, 20 November -- "Issue in doubt" -- Betio secured -- Tarawa and Abemama secured, 24-27 November 1943 -- Bairiki to Buariki -- Abemama -- Conclusions and casualties -- Scouting submarines and carrier strikes, 13 November-8 December 1943 -- Loss of Corvina and Sculpin -- Strikes on Kwajalein and Nauru, 4-8 December -- The conquest of the Marshalls -- Getting set for the Marshalls, June-December 1943 -- Which Marshalls? -- Amphtracs and logistics -- Air and submarine preparation -- Enemy preparations -- Majuro, 31 January-8 February 1944 -- Kwajalein (Operations "Flintlock"), 31 January-7 February 1944 -- The Atoll, the plan and the approach -- -- Initial landings in the north, 31 January -- Roi and Namur, 31 January-2 February -- The Southern attack force -- Initial landings in the south, 31 January-2 February -- The assault on Kwajalein Island, 1-6 February -- Ebeye and minor islets, 2-6 February -- Conclusion and comment -- Eniwetok (Operation "Catchpole"), 31 January-4 March 1944 -- Preliminaries -- Engebi, 17-18 February -- Eniwetok Island, 19-23 February -- Parry, 19-23 February -- Marshalls' mop-up, February-June 1944 -- Development of bases -- Neutralizing enemy-held atolls -- Occupation of minor atolls -- First strike on Truk (Operation "Hailstone"), 17-18 February 1944 --

v. 8. New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944-August 1944

Strategy, submarines, and strikes

The Pacific Strategy for 1944

Submarine patrols, December 1943-July 1944

Fast carrier strikes on Palau, Hollandia and Truk, 22 March-30 April 1944

The Conquest of New Guinea

The Southwest Pacific Organization

Dutch New Guinea and the "Reckless" Plan

The Hollandia Operation, 21 April-6 June 1944

Wake-Sarmi, May 1944

Biak, 27 May-1 June 1944

The Japanese reaction to Biak (Operation "KON"), 27 May-13 June 1944

Noemfoor and Sansapor, 2 July-3 September 1944

The Marianas

Preliminary poundings and final plans, February-April 1944

Approach and bombardment, 10 May-14 June 1944

Saipan, 15-21 June 1944

Battle of the Philippine Sea, preliminaries, 3 May-18 June 1944

Battle of the Philippine Sea, the action, 19-20 June

Battle of the Philippine Sea, conclusion, 20-24 June

Saipan secured, 21 June-9 July 1944

Logistics for the Marianas

The fight for Tinian, 24 July-1 August 1944

Guam recovered, June-August 1944.

v. 9. Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, January 1943-June 1944

Forward in the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean and world strategy

Planning and training for Sicily, January-June 1943

The Axis on the defensive, January-June 1943

The Sicilian Campaign

Preliminary movements, 13 May-9 July 1943

The Licata Landings (JOSS Force), 10-12 July

The Gela Landings (DIME Force), 10-13 July

The Scoglitti Landings (CENT Force), 10-14 July

The British sector, 10-22 July

Sicily overrun, 11 July-7 August

Sicily conquered, and evacuated, 3-17 August

Salerno

Preliminaries to Salerno, May-September 1943

D-day on the Salerno beaches, 9 September 1943

The Battle for Salerno beachhead, 10-17 September

AVALANCHE concluded, 18 September-13 October

Anzio

Winter stalemate, November 1943-January 1944

The Assault on Anzio-Nettuno, 22-28 January 1944

Beachhead struggle, 28 January-30 April 1944

Breakout, 11 May-4 June 1944.

v. 10. The Atlantic battle won, May 1943-May 1945

September 1939-April 1943

Tenth Fleet, March-September 1943

New antisubmarine ships and aircraft

New training and technical developments

The German underwater fleet, 1943-1945

Northern transatlantic convoys, April-May 1943

Ushant to Finisterre, 1943

The Central Atlantic and Azores, May-August 1943

North Atlantic crossings, September-November 1943

The Central Atlantic grind, October-December 1943

East Coast and Caribbean, April-December 1943

South Atlantic, May 1943-January 1944

In Arctic waters, May-December 1943

Within the Mediterranean, June 1943-August 1944

Southern and Far Eastern waters, 1943-1945

In Arctic waters, 1944-1945

Snorkels in the Atlantic, March-December 1944

Snorkel blitz in European waters, December 1944-April 1945

Victory in the Atlantic, February-May 1945.

v. 11. The invasion of France and Germany, 1944-1945

Normandy (Operation NEPTUNE-OVERLORD)

Grand strategy and high politics, 1941-1943

Plans and preparations, March 1943-May 1944

Germans plan to meet the invasion, 1942-1944

Coiling the spring, January 1942-May 1944

Crossing the Channel, 3-6 June 1944

Utah Beach, 6 June 1944

Approach to Omaha, 6 June 1944

Landings at Omaha, 6 June 1944

Supporting the American beachhead, 7-18 June 1944

Counterattacks by air, sea, and weather, 8-22 June 1944

The British sector, 6 June-8 September 1944

Cherbourg, June-September 1944

Southern France (Operation DRAGOON)

High-level wrangling, October 1943-August 1944

Planning and training, January-August 1944

Night landings in Provence, 14-15 August 1944

The main landings, 15-17 August 1944

Objectives won, 16 August-15 September 1944

The Navy's part in the final campaigns, August 1944-May 1945

The French out-ports, September 1944-May 1945

Mop-up in the Mediterranean, September 1944-April 1945

Plunging into Germany, October 1944-May 1945.

v. 12. Leyte, June 1944-January 1945

Strategy and preliminaries

After the Marianas, what? June-September 1944

Morotai, September-November 1944

The Palaus and Ulithi, September-November 1944

Plans and commands for Leyte, September-October 1944

Leyte logistics

Formosa air battle, 10-20 October 1944

The amphibious phase

Preliminaries, 7-20 October 1944

The main landings, 20-29 October 1944

The Battle for Leyte Gulf, 24-25 October 1944

Moves on the naval chessboard, 17-24 October 1944

The air battles of 24 October

The Battle of Surigao Strait, 24-25 October 1944

The Battle off Samar: the main action, 25 October 1944

The Battle off Samar, the break-off and pursuit, 25-29 October 1944

The Battle off Cape Engano, 25-26 October 1944

Naval operations around Leyte, 26 October-25 November 1944

Leyte secured, 16 November 1944-10 May 1945

Submarine patrols, September-November 1944.

v. 13. The liberation of the Philippines

Planning and preliminaries

Mindoro, December 1944-February 1945

Fast carrier forces in support, 10 December 1944-10 January 1945

Preliminaries to the Lingayen Landings, 15 December 1944-9 January 1945

Luzon liberated, January-February 1945

The Lingayen Landings, 9 January 1945

Progress of the operation, 9-17 January 1945

Third Fleet cuts loose, 10-27 January 1945

Luzon liberated, 17 January-30 June 1945

Central and Southern Philippines, February-August 1945

Palawan and Zamboanga, March-April 1945

The Southern Visayas, February-June 1945

Mindanao, April-July 1945

Miscellaneous operations, 1942-1945

Borneo, February-August 1945

Submarine operations Southwest Pacific, January-August 1945

The U.S. Naval Group, China.

v. 14. Victory in the Pacific, 1945

Iwo Jima

Decisions, plans and preparations, October 1944-February 1945

Preliminary poundings, 10-18 February 1945

D-day at Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945

The conquest of Iwo Jima, 19 February-16 March 1945

Securing the island, 17 March-1 June 1945

Okinawa

Preparing for the Ryukyus, October 1944-March 1945

Moving in on the Ryukyus, 18 March-1 April

More preliminaries, 25-31 March

The landings, 1 April 1945

ICEBERG logistics, March-June 1945

Feeling each other out, 2-5 April 1945

TEN-GO gets going, 6-8 April

Fast carrier support, 1-12 April 1945

The second week at Okinawa, 7-13 April 1945

The crucial fortnight, 14-30 April

May days at Okinawa

Okinawa secured, June-September 1945

Miscellaneous operations

Pacific Fleet submarines, December 1944-August 1945

Third Fleet in Japanese waters, June-July 1945

Parthian shots and final passes, 24 July-15 August 1945

Victory and peace.

v. 15. Supplement and general index

Outlying surrenders and early occupation problems, 1945-1946

Outlying surrenders

The occupation of Japan

Minesweeping

Typhoon "Louise," 9-10 October 1945

Operation MAGIC CARPET

Ships and aircraft of the United States Navy, 1940-1945

Aircraft carriers

BB battleships

Cruisers

DD destroyers

DE destroyer escorts

SS submarines

Minecraft

Patrol craft

Motor torpedo boats

Auxiliaries

Landing ships and craft

Small landing craft

Coast Guard cutters

United States naval combat aircraft, 1941-1945

United States naval vessels transferred to foreign nations under Lend-Lease

Officers and men on active duty, 1 July 1944 to 31 August 1945.