From the book The Admirals I gathered a lot of knowledge and interesting facts that I wasn't aware of before reading it. The Admirals is set before, during, and after World War II and explains how four different Navy enlisted men were promoted to become the only five-star fleet admirals in American history. These four men were perhaps one of the most important, if not the most important, reasons why the Allied forces won the war. The four men who received the honor and rank of Admiral of the Five Star Fleet were "William D. Leahy, Ernest J. King, Chester W. Nimitz, and William F. Halsey." I learned many things from the different naval experiences these men faced, but what intrigued me was the vast majority of naval technology used during the war and its specific work, as well as who was in control of it. The future admirals of the fleet were assigned certain tasks and each was assigned several warships which they had to command with knowledge, and each played a role in the Allied victory at sea. Before the war each officer owned a variety of ships, battleships, submarines, aircraft carriers and how the development of each type of ship affected the course of naval warfare. While battleships had reigned as the most reliable and preferred vessel on the seas, their supremacy was soon challenged by the revolt of the aircraft carriers. Leahy was the eldest of the four who clung to his vision of the ship he believed to be reliable and firmly believed in the battleship's power. Nimitz was an advocate of the submarine as a strategic and very effective weapon as it could be evasive to ships on the sea surface. Halsey was a devotee of the destroyer but eventually got to... middle of paper......thought it would be interesting to learn about the various ways people had fought at sea, including the ways young officers would fight they ultimately end up becoming the only five-star fleet admirals. In the book The Admirals the officers (Nimetz, King, Halsey, Leahy) demonstrate that men should not be ranked only by their skills or technology, but on both areas in a synchronized manner to overcome obstacles and rise above all the other elements that are in between. the way. The ships that the men had grown fond of had become a source of inspiration to continue moving forward and succeed when it came to the battlefield. This thinking would later become the thinking that America adopted to move forward when it comes to technology and build on what was learned. Everything from the structure of seagoing vessels to the artillery they carried not only aided in war, but aided a country that could progress.