The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II

Ten years after the close of World War II, the U.S. Navy published a chronology of its operations in the war. Long out of print, the work focused on what were then defined as critical and decisive events. This greatly expanded and updated study goes far beyond the original work, drawing on information from more than forty additional years of historical research and writing.

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Ten years after the close of World War II, the U.S. Navy published achronology of its operations in the war. Long out of print, the work focused onwhat were then defined as critical and decisive events. It ignored a multitudeof combat actions as well as the loss or damage of many types of U.S. shipsand craft—particularly auxiliaries, amphibious ships, and district craft—andentirely omitted the U.S. submarine campaign against Japanese shipping, Thisgreatly expanded and updated study, now available in paperback with anindex, goes far beyond the original work, drawing on information from morethan forty additional years of historical research and writing. Massive, but wellorganized, it addresses operational aspects of the U.S. Navy’s war in everytheater.