Author: Dan E. Bailey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780911615036
Category : Palau
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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Author: Dan E. Bailey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780911615043
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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World War II Wrecks of Palau is a coffee table sized volume containing historical documentation of the Japanese occupation of Palau and descriptions of the US aerial campaigns, Operation DESECRATE ONE, the SNAPSHOT Operation, and the preliminary actions of the STALEMATE II Operation against this important WW II Japanese naval base. The story line follows the attacks from the US carrier strike plane launchings to the sinking of ships and the shooting down of aircraft from information derived from ship and aircraft reports, action photos, communication and photo intelligence files, and continues with underwater photo documentation and descriptions of the ship and aircraft wrecks. Further detailed information is included regarding the installations and defenses with illustrations showing their locations. A total of 69 illustrations (diagrams, maps and line drawings), 60 black and white photos, and 36 color plates are included within the book. In addition, there are reference appendices on Japanese ship construction, aerial mine characteristics, aircraft rockets, and Palaus mysterious treasure wreck. This book is an excellent addition to any serious World War II enthusiasts or wreck divers library and any diver/tourist who has traveled to Palau or plans to do so in the future.

Author: Rod Macdonald
Publisher: Whittles
ISBN: 9781849951708
Category : Shipwrecks
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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An historical account of the build-up to the massive US Fast Carrier air raid and a gripping retelling of the raid itself. Reveals for the first time the extent of Palau's underwater WWII heritage.

Author: Dan E. Bailey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780911615067
Category : Shipwrecks
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Wil S. Hylton
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1594632863
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323

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From a mesmerizing storyteller, the gripping search for a missing World War II crew, their bomber plane, and their legacy. In the fall of 1944, a massive American bomber carrying eleven men vanished over the Pacific islands of Palau, leaving a trail of mysteries. According to mission reports from the Army Air Forces, the plane crashed in shallow water—but when investigators went to find it, the wreckage wasn’t there. Witnesses saw the crew parachute to safety, yet the airmen were never seen again. Some of their relatives whispered that they had returned to the United States in secret and lived in hiding. But they never explained why. For sixty years, the U.S. government, the children of the missing airmen, and a maverick team of scientists and scuba divers searched the islands for clues. With every clue they found, the mystery only deepened. Now, in a spellbinding narrative, Wil S. Hylton weaves together the true story of the missing men, their final mission, the families they left behind, and the real reason their disappearance remained shrouded in secrecy for so long. This is a story of love, loss, sacrifice, and faith—of the undying hope among the families of the missing, and the relentless determination of scientists, explorers, archaeologists, and deep-sea divers to solve one of the enduring mysteries of World War II.

Author: Tova Harel-Bornovski
Publisher: Jeremy Devillier
ISBN: 9829800326
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 138

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Palau diving and snorkeling guide to Palau's sites. A comprehensive description of each sites with drawings and explanations.

Author: Kim Browne
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031105680
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 726

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This book brings together three distinct areas of International Law – namely Environmental, Heritage and Ocean Law – to address the international legal protection of historically significant wrecks, with particular focus on the environmental hazards they may pose. The confluence of Heritage Law and the Law of the Sea with International Environmental Law represents an important development in international governance strategies for the twenty-first century, in particular those legal and administrative regimes that concern the world’s oceans and underwater cultural heritage protection. Importantly, connections between international legal regimes, such as the 1982 Law of the Sea, and institutions like the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and United Nations Education Scientific Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), can play a crucial part in governance strategies that involve the regulation of marine pollution and historic shipwrecks.

Author: David L. McCurry
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1678152463
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254

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Merriam Press Military History. Detailed history of each of 33 aircraft wreck sites visited and investigated by the authors, with photos of the aircraft before the accident, and numerous photos of the crash site and evidence found at the site. Includes Washington, Oregon and Idaho state crash locator lists. 354 color photos, 42 B&W photos.

Author: Rod Macdonald
Publisher: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1399007580
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 653

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The new breed of American fast aircraft carriers could make thirty-three knots, and each carried almost 100 strike aircraft. Brought together as Task Force 58, also known as the Fast Carrier Task Force, this awesome armada at times comprised more than 100 ships carrying more than 100,000 men afloat. By 1945, more than 1,000-combat aircraft, fighters, dive- and torpedo-bombers could be launched in under an hour. The fast carriers were a revolution in naval warfare – it was a time when naval power moved away from the big guns of the battleship to air power projected at sea. Battleships were eventually subordinated to supporting and protecting the fast carriers, of which, at its peak, Task Force 58 had a total of seventeen. This book covers the birth of naval aviation, the appearance of the first modern carriers in the 1920s, through to the famous surprise six-carrier _Kido Butai_ Japanese raid against Pearl Harbor on 8 December 1941 and then the early US successes of 1942 at the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway. The fast carriers allowed America, in late 1942 and early 1943, to finally move from bitter defence against the Japanese expansionist onslaught, to mounting her own offensive to retake the Pacific. Task Force 58 swept west and north from the Solomon Islands to the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, neutralising Truk in Micronesia, and Palau in the Caroline islands, before the vital Mariana Islands operations, the Battle of Saipan, the first battle of the Philippine Sea and the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. The strikes by Task Force 58 took Allied forces across the Pacific, to the controversial Battle of Leyte Gulf and to Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Task Force 58 had opened the door to the Japanese home islands themselves – allowing US bombers to finally get close enough to launch the devastating nuclear bombing raids on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Task Force 58 participated in virtually all the US Navy’s major battles in the Pacific theatre during the last two years of the war. Having spent many years investigating naval shipwrecks across the Pacific, many the result of the devastating effectiveness of Task Force 58, diver and shipwreck author Rod Macdonald has created the most detailed account to date of the fast carrier strike force, the force that brought Japan to its knees and brought the Second World War to its crashing conclusion.

Author: Nicholas A. Veronico
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1627881972
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259

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The continuation of World War II’s most intriguing new aviation series. In Hidden Warbirds II, the engaging follow-up to the critically acclaimed Hidden Warbirds, aviation historian Nicholas A. Veronico further explores the romantic era of World War II warbirds and the stories of some of its most famous wrecks and recoveries. The long-long aircraft featured in this much-anticipated sequel include the Dotty Mae, a P-47 rescued from a lake in Austria; a Hawker Tempest being restored in Texas; and a Junker 88 recovered from the icy waters of Norway. Throughout the book, Veronico provides a history of each aircraft, as well as the unique story behind each discovery and recovery, all accompanied by incredible documentary photographs. With over 150 of these photographs, depicting more than 20 warbird stories spanning the world, Hidden Warbirds II triumphantly continues a nonfiction series that renowned military author Alan Griffith calls “a fascinating joy to read.”