Larger	Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier (History of U.S. Naval Operations in World War II) Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
	Book Information Publisher: Castle Books Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 0 Rating: ? ISBN-13: 9780785813071 - ISBN-10: 0785813071 Publication Date: 5/2001 Pages: 440

This spectacular fifteen-volume series that charts the U.S. Naval operations during World War II with an insider's perspective. Morison, a Harvard professor, was given a special rank and writing post by FDR. He had active duty aboard eleven different ships, allowing him to witness many crucial battles in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Volume Six - the fourth in this history to deal with the naval action in the Pacific-describes the action that led to the colossal victory in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, in which twelve Japanese ships, over 3000 men and twenty to thirty planes were destroyed at a cost of only two American bombers and three fighters. Filled with many maps and file photographs.