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* RealLife/CoolBoat: Several. It wouldn't be a history of the US Navy without them, both Allied and Axis.
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The full series is a fifteen volume set. A summary is also published called ''The Two Ocean War'' for those who wish to go to less effort. ''The Two Ocean War'' also includes a deal of analysis of the causes of the war and the nature of the interwar period navies. The whole series is written in a magisterial style and gives encyclopedic information about the war. To this day it has not become dated and is still respected by military historians as the go-to book for naval warfare. Its one major shortcoming--poor and/or inaccurate information about the Axis side, due to a lack of primary sources--is gradually being addressed by a later generation of scholars, as documents are uncovered and translations become available.
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The full series is a fifteen volume set. A summary is also published called ''The Two Ocean War'' for those who wish to go to less effort. ''The Two Ocean War'' also includes a deal of analysis of the causes of the war and the nature of the interwar period navies. The whole series is written in a magisterial style and gives encyclopedic thorough, precise information about the war. every significant action in which United States Navy ships were involved. To this day it has not become dated and is still respected by military historians as the go-to book for naval warfare. the USN's role in the war. Its one major shortcoming--poor and/or inaccurate information about the Axis side, due to a lack of primary sources--is gradually being addressed by a later generation of scholars, as documents are uncovered and translations become available.
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** An additional problem is that the books were published in the late 1940s and 1950s, when all information about the Allies' [[ReadingTheEnemysMail codebreaking operations]] was still classified Top Secret. So Morison could not talk about them at all, and may not even have known about them himself. Thus, he often ascribes information about enemy intentions and actions to non-specific "intelligence sources," when in fact it came from decrypted enemy communications.
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* {{Doorstopper}}: Every single volume is a doorstoper.doorstopper. And yes folks that's right, it has a whole volume ''for the index''. And even the "short summary" The Two Ocean War ''is still'' a doorstopper.
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* {{Doorstopper}}: Every single volume is a doorstoper. And yes folks that's right, it has a whole volume ''[[UpToEleven for ''for the index]]''.index''. And even the "short summary" The Two Ocean War ''is still'' a doorstopper.
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This is the history of the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin US Navy in World War II]][[note]]Technically, it's not an ''official'' history. See below.[[/note]]. It was written by the historical scholar Samuel Eliot Morrison and sponsored by the US government at the authors suggestion. It contains information based on interviews conducted in several theaters as well as actual service as what is now called an "embedded reporter" in several units.
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This is the history of the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin US Navy in World War II]][[note]]Technically, II]].[[note]]Technically, it's not an ''official'' history. See below.[[/note]]. [[/note]] It was written by the historical scholar Samuel Eliot Morrison and sponsored by the US government at the authors suggestion. It contains information based on interviews conducted in several theaters as well as actual service as what is now called an "embedded reporter" in several units.
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The full series is a fifteen volume set. A summary is also published called ''The Two Ocean War'' for those who wish to go to less effort. ''The Two Ocean War'' also includes a deal of analysis of the causes of the war and the nature of the interwar period navies. The whole series is written in a magisterial style and gives encyclopedic information about the war. To this day it has not become dated and is still respected by military historians as the go-to book for naval warfare. Its one major shortcoming--poor and/or inaccurate information about the Axis side, due to a lack of primary sources--is gradually being addressed by a later generation of scholars, as documents are uncovered and translations become available.
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* IslandBase: Many, many, Japanese ones, several of which the Americans take due to their vital locations.
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* NavalBlockade: Done successfully by the US Navy and Army Air Air Force on Japan by early 1945, where submarines, air attacks, and mine-laying ships and planes manage to almost completely cut off the Japanese mainland from the rest of their empire.
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* DatedHistory: Morison's personal loyalty to the US Navy and close proximity to the actual events meant he either did not have access to or give sufficient credit to Axis primary sources, some of which did not resurface until years after the war. As a result he was sometimes forced to treat US Navy suppositions about enemy actions and intentions as fact and some of those assumptions have not withstood the test of time. This is especially apparent in his account of the Battle Off Samar which is obviously colored by his evident contempt for Admiral Kurita and cannot be reconciled with the action reports of the Japanese ships involved. By and large though he managed to get things right if he had good sources.
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* TropeCodifier: One of the first UsefulNotes/WorldWarII naval histories and still refered to.referenced. If World War II naval history was [[SeriousBusiness a religion]] then this would be its [[SacredScripture "Bible".]]
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* TropeCodifier: One of the first WorldWarII UsefulNotes/WorldWarII naval histories and still refered to. If WorldWarII World War II naval history was [[SeriousBusiness a religion]] then this would be its [[SacredScripture "Bible".]]
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* BackedByThePentagon: Naturally. Morrison was given a high level of access to the US Navy, and commissioned into the US Naval Reserve. Technically speaking, however, because the Navy did not commission this project [[note]]it was Morrison's idea, which he presented to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt[[/note]], it is not an official history per se. (In practice, however, it's pretty much regarded by everyone as ''the'' history of the World War 2 US Navy.)
* BackedByThePentagon: Naturally. Morrison was given a high level of access to the US Navy, and commissioned into the US Naval Reserve. Technically speaking, however, because the Navy did not commission this project [[note]]it was Morrison's idea, which he presented to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt[[/note]], it is not an official history per se. (In practice, however, it's pretty much regarded by everyone as ''the'' history of the World War 2 US Navy.)
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* BackedByThePentagon: Naturally. Morrison was given a high level of access to the US Navy, and commissioned into the US Naval Reserve. Technically speaking, however, because the Navy did not commission this project [[note]]it was Morrison's idea, which he presented to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt[[/note]], it is not an official history per se. (In practice, however, it's pretty much regarded by everyone as ''the'' history of the World War 2 US Navy.)
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* BackedByThePentagon: Naturally. Morrison was given a high level of access to the US Navy, and commissioned into the US Naval Reserve. Technically speaking, however, because the Navy did not commission this project (it [[note]]it was Morrison's idea, which he presented to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt), Roosevelt[[/note]], it is not an official history per se. (In practice, however, it's pretty much regarded by everyone as ''the'' history of the World War 2 US Navy.)
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This is the official history of the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin US Navy in World War II]]. It was written by the historical scholar Samuel Eliot Morrison and sponsored by the US government at the authors suggestion. It contains information based on interviews conducted in several theaters as well as actual service as what is now called an "embedded reporter" in several units.
The full series is a fifteen volume set. A summary is also published called ''The Two Ocean War'' for those who wish to go to less effort. The whole series is written in a magisterial style and gives encyclopedic information about the war. To this day it has not become dated and is still respected by military historians as the go-to book for naval warfare. Its one major shortcoming--poor and/or inaccurate information about the Axis side due to a lack of primary sources--is gradually being addressed by a later generation of scholars as documents are uncovered and translations become available.
The full series is a fifteen volume set. A summary is also published called ''The Two Ocean War'' for those who wish to go to less effort. The whole series is written in a magisterial style and gives encyclopedic information about the war. To this day it has not become dated and is still respected by military historians as the go-to book for naval warfare. Its one major shortcoming--poor and/or inaccurate information about the Axis side due to a lack of primary sources--is gradually being addressed by a later generation of scholars as documents are uncovered and translations become available.
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This is the official history of the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin US Navy in World War II]].II]][[note]]Technically, it's not an ''official'' history. See below.[[/note]]. It was written by the historical scholar Samuel Eliot Morrison and sponsored by the US government at the authors suggestion. It contains information based on interviews conducted in several theaters as well as actual service as what is now called an "embedded reporter" in several units.
The full series is a fifteen volume set. A summary is also published called ''The Two Ocean War'' for those who wish to go to less effort. The whole series is written in a magisterial style and gives encyclopedic information about the war. To this day it has not become dated and is still respected by military historians as the go-to book for naval warfare. Its one major shortcoming--poor and/or inaccurate information about the Axisside side, due to a lack of primary sources--is gradually being addressed by a later generation of scholars scholars, as documents are uncovered and translations become available.
The full series is a fifteen volume set. A summary is also published called ''The Two Ocean War'' for those who wish to go to less effort. The whole series is written in a magisterial style and gives encyclopedic information about the war. To this day it has not become dated and is still respected by military historians as the go-to book for naval warfare. Its one major shortcoming--poor and/or inaccurate information about the Axis
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warfare. Its one major shortcoming--poor and/or inaccurate information about the Axis side due to a lack of primary sources--is gradually being addressed by a later generation of scholars as documents are uncovered and translations become available.
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-->James Hornfischer, author of ''Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors'' and ''Neptune's Inferno''.
This is the official history of the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin US Navy in World War II]]. It was written by the historical scholar Samuel Eliot Morrison and sponsored by the US government at the authors suggestion. It contains information based on interviews conducted in several theaters as well as actual service as what is now called an "embedded reporter" in several units.
The full series is a fifteen volume set. A summery is also published called ''The Two Ocean War'' for those who wish to go to less effort. The whole series is written in a magisterial style and gives encyclopedic information about the war. To this day it has not become dated and is still respected by military historians as the go-to book for naval warfare.
The volumes are:
-->The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939 - May 1943
-->Operations in North African Waters, October 1942 - June 1943
-->The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931 - April 1942
-->Coral Sea, Midway, and Submarine Actions, May 1942 - August 1942
-->The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942 - February 1943
-->Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, 22 July 1942 - 1 May 1944
-->Aleutians, Gilberts, and Marshalls, June 1942 - April 1944
-->New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944 - August 1944
-->Sicily - Salerno - Anzio, January 1943 - June 1944
-->The Atlantic Battle Won, May 1943 - May 1945
-->The Invasion of France and Germany, 1944–1945
-->Leyte, June 1944 - January 1945
-->The Liberation of the Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas, 1944–1945
-->Victory in the Pacific, 1945
-->Supplement and General Index
And the abridgement
-->The Two Ocean War
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* BackedByThePentagon: Naturally, as it is an official history.
* {{Badass}}: Tons of badasses and lots of badassery
* [[BadassArmy Badass Navy]]: The US Navy obviously. Other navies as well perhaps but this is naturally the focus
* BigBadassBattleSequence: Several naturally.
* BadassBookworm: Samuel
* BigBookOfWar
* DeadpanSnarker: The author several times.
* {{Doorstopper}}: Every single volume is a doorstoper. And yes folks that's right, it has a whole volume ''[[UpToEleven for the index]]''. And even the "short summery" The Two Ocean War ''is still'' a doorstopper.
* EarthIsABattlefield
* FatherNeptune: Morrison already liked sailing before the war, and personally sailed to several places researching earlier books. Even if that were not the case no one could spend as much time doing hands on research as the author did without ending up as a FatherNeptune. Several of the sailors and officers he meets are this as well.
* FlauntingYourFleets
* GentlemanAndAScholar: The author
* IntrepidReporter: The author
* MustHaveCaffeine: Or as the author says, "The navy could probably win a war without coffee but it wouldn't like to try."
* PatrioticFervor: Naturally to be expected from a '40s-'50s New Englander.
* PurpleProse
* RatedMForManly
* SemperFi
* StuffBlowingUp
* TropeCodifier: One of the first WorldWarII naval histories and still refered to. If WorldWarII naval history was [[SeriousBusiness a religion]] then this would be its [[SacredScripture "Bible".]]
* [[YanksWithTanks Yanks With Carriers]]
* WorldWarII
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-->James Hornfischer, author of ''Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors'' and ''Neptune's Inferno''.
This is the official history of the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin US Navy in World War II]]. It was written by the historical scholar Samuel Eliot Morrison and sponsored by the US government at the authors suggestion. It contains information based on interviews conducted in several theaters as well as actual service as what is now called an "embedded reporter" in several units.
The full series is a fifteen volume set. A summery is also published called ''The Two Ocean War'' for those who wish to go to less effort. The whole series is written in a magisterial style and gives encyclopedic information about the war. To this day it has not become dated and is still respected by military historians as the go-to book for naval warfare.
The volumes are:
-->The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939 - May 1943
-->Operations in North African Waters, October 1942 - June 1943
-->The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931 - April 1942
-->Coral Sea, Midway, and Submarine Actions, May 1942 - August 1942
-->The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942 - February 1943
-->Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, 22 July 1942 - 1 May 1944
-->Aleutians, Gilberts, and Marshalls, June 1942 - April 1944
-->New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944 - August 1944
-->Sicily - Salerno - Anzio, January 1943 - June 1944
-->The Atlantic Battle Won, May 1943 - May 1945
-->The Invasion of France and Germany, 1944–1945
-->Leyte, June 1944 - January 1945
-->The Liberation of the Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas, 1944–1945
-->Victory in the Pacific, 1945
-->Supplement and General Index
And the abridgement
-->The Two Ocean War
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* BackedByThePentagon: Naturally, as it is an official history.
* {{Badass}}: Tons of badasses and lots of badassery
* [[BadassArmy Badass Navy]]: The US Navy obviously. Other navies as well perhaps but this is naturally the focus
* BigBadassBattleSequence: Several naturally.
* BadassBookworm: Samuel
* BigBookOfWar
* DeadpanSnarker: The author several times.
* {{Doorstopper}}: Every single volume is a doorstoper. And yes folks that's right, it has a whole volume ''[[UpToEleven for the index]]''. And even the "short summery" The Two Ocean War ''is still'' a doorstopper.
* EarthIsABattlefield
* FatherNeptune: Morrison already liked sailing before the war, and personally sailed to several places researching earlier books. Even if that were not the case no one could spend as much time doing hands on research as the author did without ending up as a FatherNeptune. Several of the sailors and officers he meets are this as well.
* FlauntingYourFleets
* GentlemanAndAScholar: The author
* IntrepidReporter: The author
* MustHaveCaffeine: Or as the author says, "The navy could probably win a war without coffee but it wouldn't like to try."
* PatrioticFervor: Naturally to be expected from a '40s-'50s New Englander.
* PurpleProse
* RatedMForManly
* SemperFi
* StuffBlowingUp
* TropeCodifier: One of the first WorldWarII naval histories and still refered to. If WorldWarII naval history was [[SeriousBusiness a religion]] then this would be its [[SacredScripture "Bible".]]
* [[YanksWithTanks Yanks With Carriers]]
* WorldWarII
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