Thunder Below!
The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II
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Corey Snow
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The thunderous roar of exploding depth charges was a familiar and comforting sound to the crew members of the USS Barb, who frequently found themselves somewhere between enemy fire and Davy Jones's locker. Under the leadership of her fearless skipper, Captain Gene Fluckey, the Barb sank the greatest tonnage of any American sub in World War II. At the same time, the Barb did far more than merely sink ships-she changed forever the way submarines stalk and kill their prey.
This is a gripping adventure chock-full of "you-are-there" moments. Fluckey has drawn on logs, reports, letters, interviews, and a recently discovered illegal diary kept by one of his torpedomen. And in a fascinating twist, he uses archival documents from the Japanese Navy to give its version of events. The unique story of the Barb begins with its men, who had the confidence to become unbeatable. Each team helped develop innovative ideas, new tactics, and new strategies. All strove for personal excellence, and success became contagious. Instead of lying in wait under the waves, the USS Barb pursued enemy ships on the surface, attacking in the swift and precise style of torpedo boats. She was the first sub to use rocket missiles and to creep up on enemy convoys at night, joining the flank escort line from astern, darting in and out as she sank ships up the column. Surface-cruising, diving only to escape, "Luckey Fluckey" relentlessly patrolled the Pacific, driving his boat and crew to their limits. There can be no greater contrast to modern warfare's long-distance, video game style of battle than the exploits of the captain and crew of the USS Barb, where the sub, out of ammunition, actually rammed an enemy ship until it sank. Thunder Below! is a first-rate, true-life, inspirational story of the courage and heroism of ordinary men under fire.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-10-2020
Grate Sorry of Fact
thank you you have Made me so Proud of you all from B Scott NZ
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- Liz Millar
- 07-07-2021
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Would like to suggest a range of narrators, to make it easier to discern the relevant speakers.
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- PK Ripper
- 21-09-2020
Pirates take note
Amazing story , 15 hours of pure history a must for sub lovers. And not the foot long ones.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-09-2020
Some of the most fun I’ve had with an audio book
Overall a really good listen good action interesting edge of your seat events. The only down side to this book is the attempt at an Aussie accent which I can say as an Australian was almost physically painful to listen to. The narrators attempt at an Aussie accent went from a Texan with a lisp to about a half dozen different places in England but never went close to what I would call an Australian accent. But apart from that I would happily recommend this book to practically anyone
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- Anonymous User
- 06-05-2021
Repeated listening.
WOW, WOW, WOW. What a book, repeat listening, LOVE IT. Highly recommended. Makes me want to be a submariner.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-08-2021
The most captivating book on the ww2 effort
What an incredible book really putting perspective on how good we have it and the incredible sacrifice men went through to allow us our freedoms today. I would have added a hand shake of Admiral Flucky to my bucket list. What a hero in every sense of the word!
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- Michael R. Skinner
- 15-05-2023
Inspiring
A superb book written by one of the Barb’s wartime captains. I can’t believe this is not a required text for schools.
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- Chris
- 13-03-2019
Amazing account of a war story
Really amazing insight into below the waves warfare. Narration was top notch Amazing all round
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- Frankie
- 14-06-2022
great true stroty
got a bit repetitive but that is the basis of the story as it was.
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- Peter Marr
- 04-02-2023
Eye opening
Great story well told unusual perspective !
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Destin - smarter every day !
Learned a lot answered a lot of questions !
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