John Wukovits: 9 books
by John Wukovits
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
WWII expert John Wukovits explores Dwight D. Eisenhower's contributions to American warfare. American general and 34th president of the United States, Eisenhower led the assault on the French coast at Normandy and held together the Allied units through the European campaign that followed. The book...
Dogfight over Tokyo
The Final Air Battle of the Pacific and the Last Four Men to Die in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2019
From an expert in the Pacific theater of World War II comes the tragic story of the pilots who fought the last fight of the war during the first hour of peace
When Billy Hobbs and his fellow Hellcat aviators from Air Group 88 lifted off from the venerable Navy carrier USS Yorktown early on...
Admiral "Bull" Halsey
The Life and Wars of the Navy's Most Controversial Commander
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
The definitive biography of America's best-known naval officer, who commanded the legendary fast carrier force during WWII.
From the tragic aftermath of Pearl Harbor, when he fashioned America's first response to the attack, to the war's final day in Tokyo Bay when he witnessed Japan's surrender,...
Hell from the Heavens
The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II's Greatest Kamikaze Attack
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
This is "naval history at its best" (Bruce Henderson)--the story of the greatest kamikaze attack of World War II
Looking toward the heavens, the destroyer crew saw what seemed to be the entire Japanese Air Force assembled directly above. Hell was about to be unleashed on them in the largest...
Tin Can Titans
The Heroic Men and Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
An epic narrative of World War II naval action that brings to life the sailors and exploits of the war's most decorated destroyer squadron
When Admiral William Halsey selected Destroyer Squadron 21 (Desron 21) to lead his victorious ships into Tokyo Bay to accept the Japanese surrender, it...
For Crew and Country
The Inspirational True Story of Bravery and Sacrifice Aboard the USS Samuel B. Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
In For Crew and Country, John Wukovits tells of the most dramatic naval battle of the Pacific War and the incredible sacrifice of the USS Samuel B. Roberts.
On October 25, 1944, the Samuel B. Roberts, along with the other twelve vessels comprising its unit, stood between Japan's largest battleship...
Pacific Alamo
The Battle for Wake Island
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2004
It happened in the shadow of Pearl Harbor-mere hours after the first attack on the day that would "live in infamy." But few know the full story of Wake Island.
Now a prominent military historian, breaking new ground on the assault, relates the compelling events of that day and the...
One Square Mile of Hell
The Battle for Tarawa
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2007
The riveting true account of the Battle of Tarawa, an epic World War II clash in which the U.S. Marines fought the Japanese nearly to the last man.
In November 1943, the men of the 2d Marine Division were instructed to clear out Japanese resistance on the Pacific island of Betio, a speck at...
American Commando
Evans Carlson, His WWII Marine Raiders and America's First Special Forces Mission
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
Before the Green Berets...Before the Navy SEALs...Before the Army Rangers...There was the Long Patrol.
November 1942: in the hellish combat zone of Guadalcanal, one man would make history.
Lt. Col. Evans Carlson was considered a maverick by many of his comrades-and an outright traitor...