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Part historical and part social history, Fremantle s Submarines seeks to emphasize the importance of the Western Australian port as a forward operating base in the Pacific War. I m sure this book will have broad appeal, especially to anyone interested in WWII naval operations in the Pacific. MilitaryBooksAustralia.com

Well-written and well-researched, Sturma s work gives us detailed action at sea, discussion of ordnance and tactics, psychological pressures of life in a submarine, command changes and relationships, inter-allied cooperation, and maintenance issues at the far end of a supply line. The author enlivens the narrative with numerous colorful details, both afloat and ashore. Submarine patrols ranged from the usual but far from routine, seeking and destroying enemy shipping or laying mines, to the less common missions to insert or recover commandos, guerillas or intelligence agents, or to rescue stranded seamen or airmen. Some patrols deemed to be successful turned out to be less so in retrospect: a number of boats sank ships loaded with Allied prisoners of war. Sturma does not mention the American policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, invoked against Japan from the first day of the war. JAMP ( Journal of America s Military Past )

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Michael Sturma is a professor of history and leader of humanities at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. He is the author of six previous books.

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