Secret fleets : Fremantle's World War II submarine base
Cairns, Lynne2011
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Place reservation for Secret fleets : Fremantle's World War II submarine baseDuring the war, Fremantle played host to over 170 Allied submarines. The Fremantle Port was closed, and barbed wire and sentries appeared, transforming it from a relatively quiet place to the largest submarine base in the Southern Hemisphere.
Main title:
Secret fleets : Fremantle's World War II submarine base / by Lynne Cairns
Imprint:
Welshpool Western Australian Museum 2011
Collation:
238 p. illustrations maps
Contents:
1. The development of the submarine -- 2. Australia's early submarines -- 3. World War II begins -- World War II - important dates -- 4. Japan enters the war -- 5. Australia prepares for invasion -- The port of Fremantle -- 6. The US submarines come to Fremantle -- The submarines at Albany -- 7. 1942: Submarines on the offensive -- Prmises used by the United States Navy -- 8. 1943: The Fremantle submarines at war -- The submarine repair unit at North Wharf -- 9. Meanwhile, on the home front -- 10. A submariner's life -- Wartime marriages -- 11. Early 1944: The Allies fight back -- United States Navy accomodation -- 12. Late 1944: British submarines arrive -- Trenchant sinks Ashigara -- 13. Clandestine operations -- The British miniature submarines -- 14. The war comes to an end -- 15. Remembering the submarine base -- 16. Submarines return to Western Australia -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Submarines at Fremantle, March 1942-August 1945
ISBN:
9781920843526 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.5451 SEC
Local class:
940.5451
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
5179
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