Favorite WWII naval historical fiction

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: mlees

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

Enemy at the Gates

Umm, where's the "naval" in thast fiction?[;)]

There were boats in it!! [:'(]

[RUPD3658]

ORIGINAL: mlees

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

Enemy at the Gates

Umm, where's the "naval" in thast fiction?[;)]

Missed the naval part.[:-]

Das Boot then.

[Mynok]

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

ORIGINAL: mlees

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

Enemy at the Gates

Umm, where's the "naval" in thast fiction?[;)]

Missed the naval part.[:-]

Das Boot then.

Musta missed the fiction part too. Enemy at the Gates wasn't fiction anymore than Incredible Victory. [:)]

[YankeeAirRat]

A couple others that I had thought of again.
 
Goobye to some - G. Forbes  The story of a PB4Y-2 squadron in the Pacific near the end of the war
Dauntless - B. Tillman
Hellcat-B. Tillman
 
Both of the B. Tillman books are out of print, but if you can find them they are pretty good action books.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: RevRick

Second that motion about "The Cruel Sea." One of the really great books about WWII at sea.

And a fantastic movie. I'll have to check out the book one day.

[BrucePowers]

witpqs;
I agree the movie was great. Until this thread, I did not know it was a book.

edited for not putting brain in gear.[:D]

[afspret]

Run Silent, Run Deep

In Harms Way

Anything by Douglas Reeman that had a WWII plot line.

[herwin]

ORIGINAL: pbear

"Mr Roberts"

Yes, although it was based on Mack McKinney.

[seydlitz_slith]

Not Fiction, but definitely a must read book:  Japanese Destroyer Captain  by Hara
Other very good non-fiction related to WITP if not strictly naval would be Samuari! by Saburo Sakai and Martin Caidin's Ragged, Rugged Warriors.

[spence]

I liked "The Good Sheperd" a lot.
 
For Pacific Theater I greatly enjoyed "The Last Tallyho".  Can't remember who it was by.

[Greco, Thomas A]

How about "The Corps" series by WEB Griffin. Half Navy and half Marines. Long on fiction, but damn entertaining.  Romance Novels for men. Eat some steak and eggs, bed a virgin, then go fight the Japs for the Cactus air force. Or, "Winds of War" and "War and Rememberance" by Herman Wouk. Solid history of the global war from an American naval officers perspective. I can't help looking for Cpt Pug Henry's picture when I see old photo groupings of l officers at Casablanca or Yalta. But, at three volumes and 2000 pages, it takes a commitment,

[Hornblower]

Any one of the Hornblower series.... kinda obvious hum?

[Przemcio231]

Lorei - "Sea With" a Jap Fiction War movie... its so funny to watch as this sub surfaces right off the Island from with B-29 with A bomb on board takes off... and then it is shoot down by the sub... so what that there are ten's of destroyers around[:D][:D]

[BrucePowers]

Never heard of that one[:D] Interesting......

[ctangus]

ORIGINAL: Greco, Thomas A

How about "The Corps" series by WEB Griffin. Half Navy and half Marines. Long on fiction, but damn entertaining. Romance Novels for men. Eat some steak and eggs, bed a virgin, then go fight the Japs for the Cactus air force.

LOL - great read. Great description, too. However, you left out have a shot of Famous Grouse. [:)]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: ctangus

ORIGINAL: Greco, Thomas A

How about "The Corps" series by WEB Griffin. Half Navy and half Marines. Long on fiction, but damn entertaining. Romance Novels for men. Eat some steak and eggs, bed a virgin, then go fight the Japs for the Cactus air force.

LOL - great read. Great description, too. However, you left out have a shot of Famous Grouse. [:)]

Yeah - if you like Soap Operas, this should be your cup of tea...

[rockmedic109]

I think Douglas Reeman also wrote under the pseudonym Alexander Kent. Great books on Revolutionary/Napoleanic era sailing warfare.

[BrucePowers]

Hornblower;
I have read all of the Hornblower series at least twice. I also read Captain from Conneticutt, the Good Shepherd, Sink the Bismark and one the title of which I can't recall. It was about a RN seaman who as a prisoner on a German cruiser escaped while they were making repairs and delayed them long enough as a sniper to let a RN squadron find them. Good books all.

Bruce

[joey]

"torpedo run" and "Away all boats" are the best I have seen.

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

My favorite naval fiction book is:

HMS Ulysses
by Alistair Maclean

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/044914 ... e&n=283155

It is about fictitious RN light cruiser protecting fictitious convoy for Russia... outstanding book... I have read it many times since I was a child (I "discovered" it at age of 12 I think)...


Leo "Apollo1"