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- De: John Wukovits
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,405
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,268
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,264
When Admiral William Halsey selected Destroyer Squadron 21 to lead his victorious ships into Tokyo Bay to accept the Japanese surrender, it was the most battle-hardened US naval squadron of the war. But it was not the squadron of ships that had accumulated such an inspiring résumé; it was the people serving aboard them. Through diaries, personal interviews with survivors, and letters written to and by the crews during the war, preeminent historian of the Pacific theater John Wukovits brings to life the human story of the squadron and its men.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Captivating
- De Jean en 09-23-17
De: John Wukovits
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A Dawn Like Thunder
- The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight
- De: Robert J. Mrazek
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 15 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 75
One of the great untold stories of World War II finally comes to light in this thrilling account of the members of Torpedo Squadron Eight and their heroic efforts in helping an outmatched U.S. fleet win critical victories at Midway and Guadalcanal. These 35 American men - many flying outmoded aircraft - changed the course of history, going on to become the war's most decorated naval air squadron, while suffering the heaviest losses in U.S. naval aviation history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story well told
- De Kismet en 01-30-09
De: Robert J. Mrazek
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Morning Star, Midnight Sun
- The Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of World War II August–October 1942
- De: Jeffrey R. Cox
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 20 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 596
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 520
Following the disastrous Java Sea campaign, the Allies went on the offensive in the Pacific in a desperate attempt to halt the Japanese forces that were rampaging across the region. With the conquest of Australia a very real possibility, the stakes were high. Their target: the Japanese-held Soloman Islands, in particular the southern island of Guadalcanal. Hamstrung by arcane pre-war thinking and a bureaucratic mind-set, the US Navy had to adapt on the fly in order to compete with the mighty Imperial Japanese Navy, whose ingenuity had fostered the creation of its Pacific empire.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very enjoyable popular history
- De Sheldon Campbell en 08-17-19
De: Jeffrey R. Cox
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Hell from the Heavens
- The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II's Greatest Kamikaze Attack
- De: John Wukovits
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 95
On the morning of April 16, 1945, the crewmen of the USS Laffey saw what seemed to be the entire Japanese air force assembled directly above. They were about to become the targets of the largest single-ship kamikaze attack of World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling story worth the effort
- De David Traill en 08-10-16
De: John Wukovits
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
- De: Ian W. Toll
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 22 h y 6 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 3,813
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,400
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,385
On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss. Pacific Crucible tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history and seized the strategic initiative.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Astonishingly good.
- De Mike From Mesa en 09-01-12
De: Ian W. Toll
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Grey Wolves
- The U-Boat War 1939–1945
- De: Philip Kaplan
- Narrado por: A. T. Chandler
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 358
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 317
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 315
In the early years of the Second World War, the elite force of German submariners known as the Ubootwaffe came perilously close to perfecting underwater battle tactics and successfully cutting Britain's transatlantic lifeline. To the Allies, these enemy sailors were embarking on a mission of unequivocal evil. Each member of the Ubootwaffe understood that he must take pride in being part of a unique brotherhood. He had to do so because he was setting out on a journey that would test his mental and physical endurance to the very limits, and which he had little chance of surviving.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Like a Jr High Book Report, Performance Bad Too
- De Bill Sayer en 12-03-15
De: Philip Kaplan
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At Close Quarters
- PT Boats in the United States Navy
- De: Robert J. Bulkley, John F. Kennedy, Ernest McNeill Eller
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 18 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 96
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 87
Small though they were, PT boats played a key role in World War II, carrying out an astonishing variety of missions where fast, versatile, and strongly armed vessels were needed. Called "weapons of opportunity", they met the enemy at closer quarters and with greater frequency than any other type of surface craft. Among the most famous PT commanders was John F. Kennedy, whose courageous actions in the Pacific are now well known to the American public.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Dry as the dessert in July!
- De Mat J Monk en 07-11-18
De: Robert J. Bulkley, y otros
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The Battle for Hell's Island
- How a Small Band of Carrier Dive Bombers Helped Save Guadalcanal
- De: Stephen L. Moore
- Narrado por: Pete Bradbury
- Duración: 15 h y 52 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 69
From the author of Pacific Payback comes the gripping true story of the Cactus Air Force and how this rugged crew of dive bombers helped save Guadalcanal and won the war. November 1942: Japanese and American forces have been fighting for control of Guadalcanal, a small but pivotal island in Japan's expansion through the South Pacific.
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2 out of 5 stars
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agonizing audiobook full of facts
- De chris en 04-13-16
De: Stephen L. Moore
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The War Below
- The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan
- De: James Scott
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,519
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,275
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,268
The War Below is a dramatic account of extraordinary heroism, ingenuity, and perseverance—and the vital role American submarines played in winning the Pacific War. Focusing on the unique stories of the submarines Silversides, Drum, and Tang—and the men who skippered and crewed them—James Scott takes readers beneath the waves to experience the thrill of a direct hit on a merchant ship and the terror of depth charge attacks.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Unique. Engaging. Worth your credit.
- De Ryan en 06-21-13
De: James Scott
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The Cactus Air Force
- Air War Over Guadalcanal
- De: Eric Hammel, Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrado por: Adam Henderson
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 106
In The Cactus Air Force, Pacific War expert Thomas McKelvey Cleaver worked closely with Eric to build on his collection of diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts to create a vivid narrative of the struggle in the air over the island of Guadalcanal between August 20 and November 15, 1942.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book!
- De Eric Peterson en 09-16-22
De: Eric Hammel, y otros
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Intrepid Aviators
- The True Story of U.S.S. Intrepid's Torpedo Squadron 18 and Its Epic Clash with the Superbattleship Musashi
- De: Gregory G. Fletcher
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 16 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
On the morning of October 24, 1944, in the Sibuyan Sea amidst the Philippine Islands, VT-18, a close-knit squadron of six young American torpedo bomber pilots, departed the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid on a search and destroy mission. Their target: the super-battleship Musashi, the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The pilots were tasked with preventing the immense enemy warship and the huge naval armada of which she was a part from inflicting unspeakable damage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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TRUE PICTURE
- De RODNEY K. en 08-04-12
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Incredible Victory
- The Battle of Midway
- De: Walter Lord
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 12 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 164
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 140
On the morning of June 4, 1942, doom sailed on Midway. Hoping to put itself within striking distance of Hawaii and California, the Japanese navy planned an ambush that would obliterate the remnants of the American Pacific fleet. On paper, the Americans had no chance of winning. They had fewer ships, slower fighters, and almost no battle experience. But because their codebreakers knew what was coming, the American navy was able to prepare an ambush of its own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very informative
- De Jim Walters en 08-27-18
De: Walter Lord
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Challenge for the Pacific
- Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War
- De: Robert Leckie
- Narrado por: Kevin Foley
- Duración: 13 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 162
From the Japanese soldiers' carefully calculated - and ultimately foiled - attempt to build a series of impregnable island forts on the ground to the tireless efforts of the Americans who struggled against a tenacious adversary and the temperature and terrain of the island itself, Robert Leckie captures the loneliness, the agony, and the heat of 24-hour-a-day fighting on Guadalcanal.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too much like a text book
- De Randall en 01-03-18
De: Robert Leckie
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The Ship That Wouldn't Die
- The Saga of the USS Neosho - A World War II Story of Courage and Survival at Sea
- De: Don Keith
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 26
In May 1942, Admiral Jack Fletcher's Task Force 17 closed in for the war's first major clash with the Japanese Navy. The Neosho, a vitally important tanker, was escorted by a destroyer, the Sims. The ships were attacked by Japanese dive bombers, and when the smoke cleared, the Sims had slipped beneath the waves. Scores of sailors were killed or wounded while hundreds bobbed in shark-infested waters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Sea Story
- De Kim en 11-16-22
De: Don Keith
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Midnight in the Pacific
- Guadalcanal -- The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War
- De: Joseph Wheelan
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 16 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 517
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 466
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 463
Published on the 75th anniversary of the battle and utilizing vivid accounts written by the combatants at Guadalcanal, along with marine corps and army archives and oral histories, Midnight in the Pacific is both a sweeping narrative and a compelling drama of individual marines, soldiers, and sailors caught in the crosshairs of history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Don't start here or you'll be confused.
- De Doctor Bob en 08-13-17
De: Joseph Wheelan