Naval History

Naval history is the area of military history concerning war at sea and the subject is also a sub-discipline of the broad field of maritime history.

Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942 – A Definitive WWII History of the Royal Navy Convoy and Mediterranean Siege
Annapolis Goes to War: The Naval Academy Class of 1940 and Its Trial by Fire in World War II
The Restless Wave: A Novel of the United States Navy
In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire
The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain: 1815-1945
Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II
To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth: The Epic Hunt for the South's Most Feared Ship—and the Greatest Sea Battle of the Civil War – An Award-Winning American Military History Book
Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific
By Water Beneath the Walls: The Rise of the Navy SEALs
Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960
The Golden Thirteen: The Fight for the Navy's First Black Officers
The Blue Water War: The Maritime Struggle in the Mediterranean and Middle East, 1940–1945
Blazing Star, Setting Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942–March 1943
The Immortals: The World War II Story of Five Fearless Heroes, the Sinking of the Dorchester, and an Awe-inspiring Rescue
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great War at Sea
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
Chasing Fire by Nora RobertsHover by Anne A. WilsonGames of Command by Linnea SinclairThe Mane Event by Shelly LaurenstonThe Goodwill Gesture by K.C. McKay
I Love a Woman in Uniform
157 books — 53 voters
Hot Wings by Eli EastonHOT SEAL by Lynn Raye HarrisPhoenix Code by Kashel CharEchoes of The Astral War by H. NightshadeMothers, Sisters, Soldiers, Spies by Maureen Safford
In the Military
10 books — 9 voters


Roger Litwiller
When the big German guns at Calais fired on us, we realized, we had been strafed by Spitfires from the RAF during working up exercises for the invasion, accidentally attacked by the USN off Normandy after D-Day and shelled by the British Army in the English Channel. It was about time the enemy took a few shots at us too!" Jack Harold, RCNVR, Signalman HMCS TRENTONIAN Chapter 9, White Ensign Flying -The Story of HMCS TRENTONIAN. ...more
Roger Litwiller -Naval Author, White Ensign Flying: Corvette HMCS Trentonian

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