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I have published
twenty-two articles in seven different publications in three countries,
including seven co-authored with the noted Italian naval
historian, Enrico Cernuschi and two in collaboration with Erminio
Bagnasco and Enrico Cernuschi.
O’Hara, Vincent P.
---. Attack and Sink. World
War II. March 2004, 44-48. Complete article
An Italian torpedo boat caught in the crisis and uncertainty of the
armistice of September 1943 engages German naval units fleeing Bastia,
Corsica.
---. Defiant Until the End: German
Navy in the Channel Islands. World War II. May 2005,
42-48. The little known naval campaign fought far behind the
front lines around the Channel Islands from August 1944 until the war's
last day.
---. The Battles of Buenos Aires.
MHQ 17(4). Summer 2005, 42-51. In 1806 a British
admiral decided to seize Buenos Aires, the capital of the Spanish
viceroyalty of La Plata.
---. A Most Remarkable Effort: The
Battle of Balikpapan. Pacific War. 2(2) 2005, 3-7. The U.S.
Navy's first surface engagement of World War II against the Japanese
was a victory.
---. USS Midway. Warship
2005. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2005. 185-188. A pictorial
of the San Diego Aircraft Museum based on the USS Midway.
---. The Royal Navy’s Revenge.
World War II. May 2006, 50-56. The last
surface engagement of the Pacific War was fought in the Indian Ocean by
the Royal Navy against the Japanese.
---.Ironclad Huáscar's Mastery
in the Guano War. MHQ 19(1). Autumn 2006, 84-93. The
War of the Pacific was one of the first strategic naval wars of the
industrial age, and one of the first to be dominated by the ironclad
warship.
---. La battaglia delle isole
Komandorski. STORIA Militare (158). November 2006,
38-48. Translated by Piera Marconi.
---.Author's Perspective. World
War II Quarterly (4)1. May 2007. 56-59. A discussion of the
rationale behind The U.S. Navy Against the Axis. Complete article
---. Mystery Battle off Imperia, 1
October 1944. World War II Quarterly (4)2. August 2007.
24-33. A little documented destroyer action off the Italian Rivera
coast .
---. Destroyers off Sidon: The Marine
Nationale against the Royal Navy. The Tin Can Sailor
(32)1. January-February-March 2008. 1-3. The naval campaign off the
Syrian coast in June 1941.
---. The Action off Calabria
and the Myth of Moral Ascendancy. Warship 2008.
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2008. 26-39. A detailed treatment of
the action which argues that the battle did not establish moral
ascendancy as claimed by British historians
---. The Unintended Revolution.
MHQ 21(2) Winter 2009 62-71. The first Mexican war
of liberation, 1810-1821, focusing on Hidalgo's initial campaigns.
O’Hara, Vincent P. and Enrico
Cernuschi.
---. Unknown Victory. World
War II. March 2006, 36-41. In 1943 the Italian and British navies
fought many sharp actions on the infamous "Route of Death" the convoy
lane between Tunisia and Sicily.
---. The World's Worst Warships:
Round Three. Warship 2006. Annapolis: Naval Institute
Press, 2006. 158-163. A rationalization of the Italian Condotteri cruisers.
Cernuschi, Enrico and Vincent
O’Hara.
---. A Century Long Dream: Single
Purpose Engine Submarines of the Italian Navy. Warship 2004.
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2004. 76-91. The Italian navy's
century long quest to build a "true" submarine.
---. The Star-Crossed Split: the
Troubled Story of an Unlucky Flagship. Warship 2005.
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2005. 97-110. The interesting story
of the Yugoslavian destroyer Split, which served in four navies
before ever completing construction.
---. The Breakout Fleet: the
Oceanic Programs of the Italian Navy. Warship 2006. Annapolis:
Naval Institute Press, 2006. 86-101. The tormented development of the
secret naval programs, ships and strategic doctrine the Regia Marina
conceived during the 1930s to confront British power East of Suez.
---. Italy and the Pacific War.
World War II Quarterly. Vol. 3 No. 1, 2006. 14-19.
Italy's largely unknown involvement in the Pacific War. Complete article
---. The Search for a Flattop: The
Italian Navy and the Aircraft Carrier, 1907-2007. Warship 2007.
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2007. 61-80. The
Italian navy's carrier designs and their ultimate realization.
Erminio Bagnasco, Enrico Cernuschi,
and Vincent O’Hara.
---. Italian Fast Coastal Forces:
Development, Doctrine and Campaigns, 1914-1986: Part One: from the
Beginning to 1934. Warship 2008. Annapolis: Naval
Institute Press, 2008. 85-98.
---. Italian Fast Coastal Forces:
Development, Doctrine and Campaigns, 1914-1986: Part Two: World War II
to the End. Warship 2009. Annapolis: Naval Institute
Press, 2009.
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