Fighting Admirals of the Second World War

by Wragg, David

• ISBN13: 9781591142690
• ISBN10: 1591142695
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-01
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
The War at Sea - Europe and the North Atlantic	p. 1
The War at Sea - The Far East	p. 15
The US Navy	p. 36
Overcautious or Simply Unlucky? Admiral Jack 'Frank' Fletcher, USN	p. 39
A 'Bull' in a China Shop Fleet Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey, USN	p. 46
Fighting on Two Fronts Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USN	p. 57
Seeing Pearl Harbor as a Blessing Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN	p. 66
Decisive in Action and Cool in Planning Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN	p. 71
The Royal Navy	p. 73
'ABC' Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope, RN	p. 75
Victor of the North Cape Admiral Sir Bruce Austin Fraser, RN	p. 87
Poacher Turned Gamekeeper Admiral Sir Max Horton, RN	p. 90
'Catnapping at meetings' Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Dudley Pound, RN	p. 94
The Admiral who Evacuated the British Army from France, and Sent it Back Again Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, RN	p. 98
Dash and Daring Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Somerville, RN	p. 103
Sinking the Bismarck Admiral of the Fleet Sir John 'Jack' Cronyn Tovey	p. 109
The Royal Netherlands Navy	p. 113
Outnumbered, Outgunned and Outclassed! Rear Admiral Karel Willem Frederick Marie Doorman	p. 116
The French Navy	p. 118
An Enigma Admiral Jean Francois Darlan	p. 124
The German Navy	p. 129
Advocate of Unrestricted U-boat Warfare Grand Admiral Karl Donitz	p. 133
Builder of the Kriegsmarine Grand Admiral Erich Johann Albert Raeder	p. 138
The Italian Navy	p. 144
The New Broom Admiral Arturo Riccardi	p. 149
The Imperial Japanese Navy	p. 151
An Overcautious Commander Fleet Admiral Minechi Koga	p. 157
Japan's Most Successful Commander at Sea Fleet Admiral Nobutake Kondo	p. 160
Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo	p. 163
The Last Japanese C-in-C Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa	p. 175
Commanding Defeat Admiral Soemu Toyoda	p. 177
Planning the War, Expecting defeat Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto	p. 180
Defining Leadership at Sea	p. 187
Bibliography	p. 191
Index	p. 193
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