U.S. Navy at War
King, Ernest J. / United States
At the beginning of World War II, in the midst of building the United States Navy into a "two-ocean fleet, " the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor put the effectiveness of American sea power in doubt. Three and a half years later, the U.S. Navy was undoubtedly the strongest in the world. In that time, the Japanese fleet had been shattered, the U-Boat threat was a thing of the past, and the Navy had supported the greatest amphibious campaigns in ...