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The Battle of the Bismarck Sea: A gripping WWII thriller based on actual events Kindle Edition

by Lawrence Cortesi (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 261 ratings
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War without rules…

This is the story of the men who lived and died in the blistering hell of the South Pacific, the men who fought tirelessly in the Second World War, the men on both sides who fought the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.

This battle is lesser known in history, but was just as important as the rest. Fought between New Guinea and New Britain, in the middle of the Bismarck, a devastating blow was delivered to Japanese plans for conquest in the South Pacific.

Filled with blasting action, this is a novel of desperate men locked in a savage battle for mastery of the world’s greatest ocean.

This was a war without rules or mercy, and one that ended in utter annihilation…

Praise for Lawrence Cortesi



"A hybrid of history and docudrama... Informative, detailed and involving" – LibraryThing

Lawrence Cortesi was an American school teacher and prolific writer, who published multiple books, often telling history as a story in his trademark style. Born on August 6, 1923, he married Frances Barringer and had four children. He died on October 12, 1987.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B077ZS4KN8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lume Books (December 7, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 7, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1228 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 131 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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4.3 out of 5 stars
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Denise S
5.0 out of 5 stars A great read
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2022
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I really enjoyed this book. This is a story about the Battle of Bismarck Sea. It is primarily from the view of an American bomber squadron leader.

It starts right off with action and keeps the action up.

It’s fairly short, but I got caught up in the story fast. I will definitely check out the author’s other books.
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William Scales
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book...pretty short though...
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2018
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Great book. It is told from the point of view of the men as they moved through the action. Interesting style. This book is only about the destruction of a reinforcement fleet traveling from Rabaul to Lae.
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Wild Bill
5.0 out of 5 stars A gripping and thrilling of the battle of Bismarck Sea
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2021
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Story details both the allied and Japanese sides of the battle. A rousing description of the effort of both sides put forth in their struggle for victory in the southern pacific theatre. Highly recommended.
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DAve
5.0 out of 5 stars 👍
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2019
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Another event that turned wwll for USA. Great reading, wished pictures were available. Amassing heroes to be able to fly into enemy's fire power and come back alive
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Steven Brogdon
4.0 out of 5 stars A good story of a little known battle.
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2017
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I had never heard of this battle and I thought I knew WWII history fairly well. For such a decisively it just doesn't get the coverage of other Pacific battles. I'm very glad I read it.
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L. Clark
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2020
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This book had a lot of action in it from start to finish. I really enjoyed reading it. I highly recommend it.
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Chaplain-GranStan
3.0 out of 5 stars Good verbage
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2018
There should have been several maps showing the various areas for a referral to the different actions, also a military dictionary would have been handy.
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willreadanything
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting novelization
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2019
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Kindle ed. For a novel of an historical event, this is enjoyably written and an easy read. The author seems to do a decent job of imagining.
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jack
5.0 out of 5 stars Battle of the Bismark Sea
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 7, 2020
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Ex cellent story,could not put book down. 5 stars. A good wartime story ,read from start to finish in four hours .could not stop reading till end.
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Ron Forest
5.0 out of 5 stars A Thrilling WW2 Epic in the South Pacific
Reviewed in Canada on January 31, 2018
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A thrilling, action packed account of Allied Air Power trying to stop a Japanese naval convoy in the Bismarck Sea. One of the best written WW2 battle accounts that I have read.
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Robert J. Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Read
Reviewed in Canada on February 2, 2018
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Interesting. Great description of War. Nicely shifts from Allies to Japanese. One gets a feel for the tensions of the battle.
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Grognard
4.0 out of 5 stars A good dose of docudrama.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2018
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Originally published in 1967, this was one of several books published around that time that took what would today be called a "Docu-drama" approach. An historical event would be retold in a dramatic style with a mix of historical and fictional characters. It works well in this instance; the retelling of the tense events around the destruction of a vital Japanese reinforcement convoy. Historically, this event tipped the balance of the New Guinea campaign in the Allies favour, and this well written story is both entertaining and informative.
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chris
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on April 14, 2018
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great historical review. true understanding of the sacrifices our young men made to keep us free. thank you.
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