Annapolis Goes to War - The Naval Academy Class of 1940 and Its Trial By Fire in World War II

America's preeminent naval historian offers a history of the Second World War based on the experiences of the young officers-fresh out of the United States Naval Academy-who served on its front lines.

List of contents

• Prologue: Reef Points


• PART I: MIDSHIPMEN


• Chapter 1. Appointment


• Chapter 2. Plebe Year


• Chapter 3. Youngster Cruise


• Chapter 4. Youngsters


• Chapter 5. Beat Army


• Chapter 6. Firsties


• PART II: JUNIOR OFFICERS


• Chapter 7. The Real Navy


• Chapter 8. The Cusp of War


• Chapter 9: Infamy


• Chapter 10. Retribution


• Chapter 11. U-Boats, Convoys, and Matrimony


• Chapter 12: The Turning Point: The Coral Sea and Midway


• PART III: ON THE OFFENSIVE


• Chapter 13. Savo Island


• Chapter 14. Ironbottom Sound


• Chapter 15. Flight Training


• Chapter 16. The Med


• Chapter 17. Submarine Warfare


• Chapter 18: "Moored as Before"


• PART IV: VALEDICTION


• Chapter 19. Semper Fidelis


• Chapter 19. Command


• Chapter 20. Decisive Battles


• Chapter 21. Iwo Jima and Okinawa


• Chapter 22. Victory


• Epilogue


• Acknowledgements


• Notes


• Bibliography

About the author

Craig L. Symonds is Professor Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy, where he taught naval history for thirty years. He also served as the Ernest J. King Distinguished Professor of Maritime History at the U.S. Naval War College. His books include Decision at Sea, Lincoln and his Admirals, The Battle of Midway, Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings, World War II at Sea, and, most recently, Nimitz at War. He has won the Lincoln Prize, the Roosevelt Prize, and the Dudley Knox Medal for Lifetime Achievement. In 2023 he was awarded the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.

Product details

• Authors: Craig L. Symonds, Craig L. (Ernest J. King Distinguished Pr Symonds, Symonds Craig L.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 02.06.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9780197752678
• ISBN: 978-0-19-775267-8
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, maritime history, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General