OT but not OT?? books for reserch

[fire-fox]

hi i just looked around amazon.co.uk and found Silent Victory: the U.S Submarine Victory Against Japan by Clay Blair http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/155750217X/202-8396780-2870228?v=glance&n=266239&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

and some one said that this was a must get book and that it was used by MicroPross for "Silent Service" and "Silent Service II." and was wondering if its any good;)

[PeriscopeDepth]

Silent Victory is more or less the Bible for any info concerning WWII US sub ops.

PD

[fire-fox]

chears PD thats all i needed to now, just didnt whont any turkis:D

[Capt. D]

SINK 'EM ALL by Charles A. Lockwood and PIG BOATS (previously published as 'United States Submarine Operations in World War II') by Theodore Roscoe are also very good.

Happy Hunting :ping:

[Donner]

...PIG BOATS (previously published as 'United States Submarine Operations in World War II') by Theodore Roscoe ...

That book is actually an abridgement of the latter title. Even though "United States Submarine Operations in WW2" was written in the late 1940s and lacks info on the intelligence breakthroughs (Ultra, etc), it is still a very exciting and informative read. Highly, highly recommended! :up:

[Onkel Neal]

To learn and to get fired up, I recommend:

Wahoo
Clear the Bridge
Bowfin
War in the Boats
Thunder Below

That should keep you busy for a couple weeks!

[tedhealy]

To get fired up, I'd throw in Red Scorpion by Peter Sasgen. It's a fictionalized account of the Rasher's patrols by the son of someone who served on the Rasher on every patrol. While it is fictionalized, it is based on the actual war patrols, interviews, and reports. It gives you a great sense of being there.

[Capt. D]

To learn and to get fired up, I recommend:

Wahoo
Clear the Bridge
Bowfin
War in the Boats
Thunder Below

That should keep you busy for a couple weeks!

May I also recommend

Batfish
Silversides
War Fish (By George Grider who served on the Wahoo with Mush Morton and Dick O'Kane. Finally becoming the Captain of the USS Flasher)
and
U.S. Submarines in World War II - An Illustrated History (I picked it up at the Submarine Museum in Groton last year. Has excellent photos and information on the submarine war from 1941 through 1945)

Happy Hunting :ping:

[fire-fox]

:huh: hi thanks ill just get the one i menstiond for now.

err..... is Roscoe a comman sir name in the US, becouse thats me sir name and in the UK ive never here'd of anyone else with it:88)