Books written by Dan Van der Vat

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  The Titanic Conspiracy: Cover-ups and Mysteries of the World's Most Famous Sea Disaster

  At the end of a very trying day , a bluff Captain Smith commented only that the damage was minor . ( This was not the Republic lost in 1909 but her 1872 predecessor , which was sold off later in 1889. ) Smith's next accident occurred ...

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  Pacific Campaign: The U.S.-Japanes Naval War 1941-1945

  Even so, with the insensitivity of a superpower at its worst, Richardson, assiduously briefed by MacArthur's staff, snobbishly concluded that putting US troops under Blarney constituted an "affront to national pride and the dignity of ...

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  The Atlantic Campaign: World War II's Great Struggle at Sea

  Van der Vat's comprehensive history is based on extensive research in American, Canadian, British, and German sources. Illustrated.

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  Pearl Harbor An Illustrated History

  Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed it "A day that will live in infamy"-December 7, 1941, the one date from the Second World War that almost every American knows by heart. Pearl...

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  The Grand Scuttle: The Sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919

  This book presents the story of the scuttling of this fleet in Scapa Flow.

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  Pearl Harbor: The Day of Infamy-an Illustrated History

  Re-creates key moments in the historic December 7, 1941 attacks, collecting archival images and detailed narration to offer insight into events leading up to the attack while sharing the stories of Japanese and American soldiers who served ...

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  The Dardanelles Disaster: Winston Churchill's Greatest Failure

  Acclaimed naval military expert Dan van der Vat argues that the disaster at the Dardanelles prolonged the war by two years, led to the Russian Revolution, forced Britain to the brink of starvation, and contributed to the destabilization of ...

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  The Riddle of the Titanic

  A r-examination of the mysteries surrounding the sinking of the Titanic, with some startling new theories about the ship itself,it's sister ship the accident prone Olympic,the owners White Star and...

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  Standard of Power: The Royal Navy in the Twentieth Century

  Beginning with the great "Dreadnought race" before the First World War, which set the theme for the conflict with Germany that dominated most of the 20th century, the book follows...

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  D-Day: The Greatest Invasion-A People's History

  With rare photographs and personal artifacts from private collections, this compelling history depicts the battle that would prove to be the turning point of World War II. The stories of the men who survived the invasion accompany those who ...

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  Pearl Harbor: The Day of Infamy - an Illustrated History

  This book combines shocking text with candid photographs, illustrations and maps that detail how the attack began and the events that happened as a result.

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  Pearl Harbor

  From the creators of "The Discovery of the Titanic" comes an illustrated history of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, published to release with the blockbuster movie.

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  The Pacific Campaign: World War II, the U.S.-Japanese Naval War, 1941-1945

  Naval history of the United States and Japan in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.