Filter By Subjects
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Opérations navales américaines Military operations, Naval American Pacific Ocean World War (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations Submarine World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American Drama World War, 1939-1945 Soviet UnionFilter By Subjects
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Opérations navales américaines Military operations, Naval American Pacific Ocean World War (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations Submarine World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American Drama World War, 1939-1945 Soviet UnionSummary: During World War II, a group of Navy men are sent to steal Enigma (the nazis' top-secret decoding device). When their own ship is destroyed, they must secretly make their way through hostile waters in a severely damaged Nazi U-boat to safety with the device.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE U-571Summary: By June 1942, the Japanese Navy has swept across the Pacific. In an effort to change the course of the war, a United States carrier group is positioned off the coast of Midway, tasked with springing a trap on the enemy. During this pivotal battle, the two-man crew of a U.S. Navy dive bomber is forced to ditch in the sea. Set adrift, the men look towards their comrades for rescue.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2019
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DAUSummary: Centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude, and bravery to overcome the odds.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MIDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIDSummary: The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD USSSummary: "This is the way it was--the story of the battle that was the turning point of the war in the Pacific, told wherever possible with actual film shot during combat. It exemplifies the combination of planning, courage, error and pure chance by which great events are often decided."--Title screens. In June of 1942, quite possibly the most important naval encounter of WWII took place in the middle...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MIDBruning, John R.
Summary: "On August 20, 1942, twelve Marine dive-bombers and nineteen Marine fighters landed at Guadalcanal. Their mission: defeat the Japanese navy and prevent it from sending more men and supplies to "Starvation Island," as Guadalcanal was nicknamed. The Japanese were turning the remote, jungle-covered mountain in the south Solomon Islands into an air base from which they could attack the supply lines...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 BRUKershaw, Alex
Summary: Details the history of the U.S. Navy submarine Tang in the Pacific theater of World War II, the explosion that led to its sinking, the ordeal of its surviving crew members, and their capture by the Japanese followed by months of brutal captivity.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.545 Kershaw 2008Lachman, Charles
Summary: On June 4, 1944, the course of World War II was forever changed. That day, a US Navy task force achieved the impossible--capturing German U-boat U-505. Called Operation Nemo, it was the first seizure of an enemy ship in battle since the War of 1812, one of the greatest achievements of the US Navy and a victory that shortened the duration of the war.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Diversion Books 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Moore, Stephen L.
Summary: In 1939 off the New England coast, the submarine USS Squalus accidentally sinks to the bottom of the sea during a training exercise, killing half her crew. Coming to the rescue is the USS Sculpin, in many ways the Squalus’s twin. As their oxygen supply dwindles, the remaining crew aboard the Squalus are saved in a time-consuming, white-knuckle operation. Eventually the sunken submarine is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 MOOSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Morison, Samuel Eliot
Contents: Appendix I. Losses of merchant shipping -- Appendix II. Monthly sinkings of German and Italian submarines -- Appendix III. Arming of merchant vessels -- Appendix IV. Mine fields laid by U-boats in Western Atlantic, 1942 -- Appendix V. The support force Atlantic Fleet -- Appendix VI. The Atlantic Fleet of the United States Navy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1947
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.545 MORHampton, Dan
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes the gripping, untold story of a vital secret mission set during the darkest days of the Second World War. In the dark days after the devastating Pearl Harbor attacks during the spring of 1942, the United States was determined to show the world that the Axis was not invincible. Their bold plan? Bomb Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, sixteen...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024