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  • Thunder Below!

  • The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II
  • Auteur(s): Eugene B. Fluckey
  • Narrateur(s): Corey Snow
  • Durée: 15 h et 27 min
  • 4,9 out of 5 stars (123 évaluations)

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Thunder Below!

Auteur(s): Eugene B. Fluckey
Narrateur(s): 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.

©1992 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (P)2013 Tantor
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Ce que les critiques en disent

"Fluckey is a fine writer with a lively, colorful style. His book is packed with action and suspense and is rich in details about the day-today operation of a submarine in combat." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Great book. Detailed but great story.

Much more than a memoir, very detailed book but compelling story, well read, very interesting. i just finished and want to read it again after researching some of the events described.

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Riveting

This book is an incredible telling of the bravery, skill, and dedication of those on the Barb.

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AUTHENTIC AND ENGAGING

Eugene Fluckey’s narrative is convincing and gripping. The reader can research the details independently and find that all the pieces of the story fit together perfectly. Chapter 19 contains a description of rocket attacks from The Barb. Oddly, and perhaps it’s only a spell checker error, these attacks are referred to as “massages” when most likely these are “barrages”. Flukey is a really intelligent warrior and greatly admired by his crew for his humanity, his fairness and care and concern for the welfare of those under his command. It’s no wonder he rose to the position of Admiral. Amazing story.

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Loved it!

Great book. You feel every thing that happened as though you were there. Highly recommended.

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Excellent tale but a bit disjointed

Mostly exciting and informative (including FDR's known terrible health in 1945). But wanders a bit.

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Excellent Piece of History

This is an excellent piece of World War II submarine history. Must read, the camaraderie and historical detail of what happened is absolutely outstanding.

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Action packed

Very inspiring leadership. Worth the time and money listening to this book and the gist it made.

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Best Book I have read on Submarine Warfare

I have a read a number of books on submarine warfare, many of them were fiction. This real life story was better than any fictional account that I have read.
Not only was the book full of real life adventure, it gave you the sense that the future of submarine warfare tactics was evolving with the patrols of the USS Barb.
Although Captain Gene Fluckey and the Barb sank the greatest tonnage of any American sub in World War II, you had the feeling that you were witnessing one of the great WW II leaders build a superb team that performed but did it in a way that no one got a purple heart for their wounds. An incredible achievement.
As a bonus, you not only witnessed what happened inside the submarine but great efforts were made to share the Japanese side of the various attacks made the Barb. A really great book which I highly recommend.

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Amazing story!

Found it very interesting, a true story better than fiction. The accounts, technical detail, and insight into tactics and the people involved really brings the story back to life.

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Great story. Reader not so great.

I highly recommend this book. My only gripe is the reading, especially pronunciation.

Dear Audible production folk. Please tell ALL your readers that the correct pronunciation is coup de grace (koo de grass), which means "death blow", not coup de gras (koo de graw), which translates as "shot of grease".

A naval expression that comes up often in this story is splice the mainbrace, not splice the main brace.

I love Audible audio books, but simple mispronunciarltions abound in many of them. I realize quality control of this sort is difficult, and your readers are no doubt busy, but correct pronunciations can usually be found with a quick Google.

It's partly a generational thing. 50 years ago most adults would have pronounced coup de grace correctly, but 50 years of Hollywood movies have no doubt convinced most adults that it is pronounced coup de gras. Grates on the ear.

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