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The Fleet the Gods Forgot The United States Asiatic Fleet in World War II
The Fleet the Gods Forgot The United States Asiatic Fleet in World War II
Author: Walter G. Winslow
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The Fleet the Gods Forgot recounts the short, tragic saga of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet in the opening months of World War II, a tale of heroic resistance crushed by overwhelming Japanese forces. Set amid the desperate early Pacific campaigns, Walter G. Winslow traces how poorly equipped and lightly supported Allied ships—hampered by defective gear, scarce supplies, no air cover, and fractured combined command—met the enemy head‑on and were effectively wiped out within three months. Winslow, a naval aviator aboard USS Houston and an active participant in the major actions, delivers vivid, first‑hand narratives of the fleet’s lone victory at Balikpapan, the catastrophic Battle of the Java Sea, the desperate struggle in Sunda Strait, the submarine Perch’s entrapment, and the daring Corregidor escape by crew from USS Quail.
Published in 1982 (ISBN13 9781557509284), this book is notable for its eyewitness authority: Winslow draws on his own POW camp notes, interviews with American, British, Dutch, and Australian prisoners, and painstaking research into ship logs and battle reports to produce a densely documented, graphic account. Its focus on the vessels, operations, and personalities of the Asiatic Fleet makes it one of the first comprehensive treatments of a neglected theatre of the Pacific War, valued by historians and naval enthusiasts for its immediacy and archival sourcing.
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Book Condition: Like New
Book Condition: Like New
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