Naval 60

After the bitter lessons of German self-disarmament in 1919, Britain was far more alert and focused when it came to overseeing the disarmament of Germany's naval forces after World War II. This book……続きを見る

The story of D-Day, told in the words of those who were actually there. 'The gigantic scale of the invasion is stunningly evoked' - MAIL ON SUNDAY At fifteen minutes after midnight on June 6 1944, O……続きを見る

It’s been a State secret for more than 70 years: The official line in the UK has always been that it never happened – but this new work challenges the assertion that no German force set foot on Brit……続きを見る

Philip Reed, best known for his superb models of ships from the age of sail, here turns his attention to the other highly popular subject for ship modelers - the warships of the Second World War. Th……続きを見る

In August 1812 Henry Bell’s Comet, a revolutionary paddle steamer, made her first journey on the Clyde. This marked the start of extraordinary developments that completely transformed shipping and t……続きを見る

Since its launch in 2009 this annual has rapidly established a reputation as an authoritative but affordable summary of all that has happened in the naval world in the previous twelve months. It com……続きを見る

In the 50 years that separated Warrior from Dreadnought there occurred a revolution in warship design quite unparalleled in naval history; a period that began with the fully-rigged broadside ironcla……続きを見る

While there is a perennial interest in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars and in Nelson himself, there is no reference work that chronicles all the captains of his ships, their social origins……続きを見る

The definitive account of General Douglas MacArthur's rise during World War II, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals. World War II changed the course of history. Douglas MacArthur changed ……続きを見る

At the outbreak of the War of 1812, America's prospects looked dismal. It was clear that the primary battlefield would be the open ocean -- but America's war fleet, only twenty ships strong, faced a……続きを見る

A few months after the outbreak of the War of 1812, Captain David Porter set out in the USS Essex on an epic, seventeen-month cruise to the South Seas. Porter was pursuing fame and riches, and by mo……続きを見る

On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun at Virginia Beach, two massive fireballs erupted just offshore from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. While men, ……続きを見る

On October 12, 2000, eleven months before the 9/11 attacks, the USS Cole docked in the port of Aden in Yemen for a routine fueling stop. At 1118, on a hot, sunny morning, the 8,400-ton destroyer was……続きを見る

A stirring narrative of World War II's final major battleーthe Pacific war's largest, bloodiest, most savagely fought campaignーthe last of its kind. On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, more than 184,0……続きを見る

From the acclaimed military history author, this action-packed World War II history describes the Allies' brutal naval engagements and daring harbor raids to destroy the backbone of Hitler's surface……続きを見る

"A Voyage to the South Sea" is an interesting and thrilling autobiographical account by the Royal Navy Vice-Admiral William Bligh of the naval expedition of HMS Bounty under his command, including t……続きを見る

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre el ataque a Pearl Harbor, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo. En tan solo 50 minutos, usted podrá: •……続きを見る

The true story of Eva Hart, who as a young girl of just 7 experienced the trauma of the Titanic disaster including the loss of her father. Shadow of the Titanic explains in detail how and why Eva an……続きを見る

In 1871, five ships of the United States Asiatic Fleet headed into Korean waters, intent on establishing relations with Korea, a country that had shunned the outside world for centuries. However, as……続きを見る

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre la batalla del Atlántico, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo. En tan solo 50 minutos, usted podrá: •……続きを見る

Partez à la découverte de l'histoire de l'océan Atlantique avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! On rencontre, dès l'Antiquité, le mot «Atlantique» pour désigner le grand océan qui se trouve à l'ouest……続きを見る

Archie Meiklem was a Scot from Glasgow; he joined the Royal Navy in 1942 where after basic training was posted to the Tribal Class destroyer HMS Tartar. Tribals were the super-destroyers of the RN, ……続きを見る

2.20am on 15th April 1912, the Titanic is plunging 12,000 feet to the ocean floor.Machinery, coal, crystal goblets, pianos and jewellery all tumbled through the dark water. Hundreds of passengers an……続きを見る

How the introduction of steam, iron, and steel required new rules and new ways of thinking for the design and building of ships. In the 1800s, shipbuilding moved from sail and wood to steam, iron, a……続きを見る

On 11th April 1919, less than a year after the assassination of the Romanovs, the British battleship HMS Marlborough left Yalta carrying 17 members of the Russian Imperial Family into perpetual exil……続きを見る

The Common Wind is a gripping and colorful account of the intercontinental networks that tied together the free and enslaved masses of the New World. Having delved deep into the gray obscurity of of……続きを見る

What has been the dish of kings, the subject of myths and the traveller of epic and mysterious journeys? The eel. Beginning life in the Sargasso Sea, the eel travels across the ocean, lives for twen……続きを見る

The Expendable is a captivating and deeply satisfying true story from the opening months of WWII in the Pacific. As smoke billows skyward from Pearl Harbor, Japan throws its full military might agai……続きを見る

Very little has been written about the U-boat war in the Indian Ocean, where almost forty German submarines were assigned to operate from the Malaysian port of Georgetown alongside troops of the occ……続きを見る

What can the architecture of ancient ships tell us about their capacity to carry cargo or to navigate certain trade routes? How do such insights inform our knowledge of the ancient economies that de……続きを見る