Fremantle's Submarines: How Allied Submariners and Western Australians Helped to Win the War in the Pacific

by Michael Sturma

From unpromising beginnings in March 1942, the Allied submarine base at Fremantle on the west coast of Australia became a vital part of the Allied offensive against Japan. Pushed back from the Philippines and the Netherlands' East Indies, American submariners, accompanied by a small group of Dutch forces, retreated to Fremantle as a last resort. The location was chosen for its good harbor and the fact that it was outside the range of land-based Japanese...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612518605
• ISBN13: 9781612518602
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.4"