"Craig L. Symonds' World War II at Sea offers a definitive naval history of the Second World War presenting the chronology of the naval war, from The London Conference of 1930 to the surrender in Tokyo Bay in 1945, on a global scale for the first time."--Provided by publisher

The European war.

Unterseebooten -- Panzerschiffen -- Norway -- France falls -- Regia Marina -- War on trade, I -- Bismarck --

The war widens.

Rising sun -- A two-ocean navy -- Operation AI: The attack on Pearl Harbor -- Rampage -- War on trade, II --

Watershed.

Stemming the tide -- Two beleaguered islands -- A two-ocean war -- Tipping point -- War on trade, III --

Allied counterattack.

Airplanes and convoys -- Husky -- Twilight of two navies -- Breaking the shield -- Large slow target --

Reckoning.

D-Day -- Seeking the decisive battle -- Leyte Gulf -- Noose tightens -- Denouement -- Epilogue: Tokyo Bay, 1945