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Secret fleets : Fremantle's World War II submarine base /
Contrary to what many Australians believe, during 1942 Japanese submarines were active in Australian waters and Japanese spy planes made surveillance flights over our major cities. With enemy submarines patrolling off the Western Australian coast, Fremantle became an important international submarin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Fremantle, W.A. :
Western Australian Museum,
2013.
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| Edición: | Digital ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction; 1. The Development of the Submarine; 2. Australia's Early Submarines; 3. World War II Begins; World War II Important Dates; 4. Japan Enters the War; 5. Australia Prepares for Invasion; The Port of Fremantle; 6. The US Submarines come to Fremantle; The Submarines at Albany; 7. 1942: Submarines on the Offensive; Premises Used by the United States Navy; 8. 1943: The Fremantle Submarines at War; The Submarine Repair Unit at North Wharf; 9. Meanwhile, on the Home Front; 10. A Submariner's Life; Wartime Marriages; 11. Early 1944: The Allies Fight Back; United States Navy Accomodation.
- 12. Late 1944: British Submarines ArriveTrenchant sinks Ashigara; 13. Clandestine Operations; The British Miniature Submarines; 14. The War Comes to an End; 15. Remembering the Submarine Base; 16. Submarines Return to Western Australia; Conclusion; Appendix; Endnotes; Sources and Suggested Reading; Index
- General; Index
- Submarines, Ships and other Vessels.