The Ten Great Generals of World War II Series - Nimitz (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Gao Runhao (Translated)
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Chester William Nimitz, born on February 24, 1885, Chester William Nimitz was born in a remote mountain town called Fredericksburg in Texas, USA. In January 1905, he graduated and was assigned to an internship on the flagship of the Asiatic Fleet, the USS Ohio. After two years of internship, he served in the submarine force. In 1917, he was transferred to be an aide-de-camp to Rear Admiral Robert E. Robinson, commander of the Atlantic Fleet Submarine Force. In 1921, he entered the Naval War College for study. In 1935, he returned to Washington as the Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy. After being promoted to Vice Admiral in 1938, he temporarily left the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy and served as the Commander of the U.S. Pacific Theater and a Fleet Admiral of the U.S. Navy. The Ten Great Generals of World War II Series. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was an American man destined to dedicate his life to the navy. He accepted the challenge and became the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and the supreme commander of the Pacific Theater. He possessed all the qualities needed to achieve great things, and with his exceptional art of war, he not only reversed the unfavorable situation in the early stages of the war but also gradually shifted the war in his favor until he ultimately defeated the Japanese. It was the never-give-up Nimitz who saved the fate of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater and also saved the fate of the United States.