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A history of the enduring Essex-class ships, the US Navy's finest and most numerous fleet carrier during World War II, which were modernized repeatedly and served with distinction. The Essex class w……続きを見る

An up-to-date history of the large, fast, and long-ranged armored cruisers of the US Navy, and the roles that these warships played in the fleet as America developed into a great naval power. At the……続きを見る

In early 1940, a battle raged to control the ice-free, iron-ore port in northern Norway – with changing fortunes until the very end. This highly detailed book covers both the naval battles and the i……続きを見る

This study describes the air-sea offensive supporting the ground-force invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in February and April 1945, which led to the sinking of the Yamato and the onslaught of the J……続きを見る

A detailed, illustrated exploration of the land, sea and air units that defended Malta, and the repeated Axis attempts to bring the crucial Allied island fortress to its knees. On 11 June 1940, the ……続きを見る

**A fully illustrated history of how the US Navy destroyed Truk, t****he greatest Japanese naval and air base in the Pacific,**with Operation Hailstone, and how B-29 units and the carriers of the Br……続きを見る

Throughout the first year of the war in the Pacific during World War II the USAAF was relatively ineffective against ships. Indeed, warships in particular proved to be too elusive for conventional m……続きを見る

This fully illustrated study details Germany and Italy's failed development of World War II aircraft carriers, and the naval aviation ships that the two Axis powers sent into action in their place. ……続きを見る

A gripping examination of the Battle of the Barents Sea, fought in the near darkness and icy cold of the northern winter, in which the Kriegsmarine sought to sever the crucial Allied Arctic Convoy r……続きを見る

On the night of 13/14 October 1939, the German commander of U-boat U-47, Günther Prien, steered past the sunken block ships and chains which inadequately protected the British naval base at Scapa Fl……続きを見る

The British Royal Navy of the French Wars (1793–1815) is an enduring national symbol, but we often overlook the tens of thousands of foreign seamen who contributed to its operations. Foreign Jack Ta……続きを見る

Mellem d. 1. maj og 1. juni 1916 foregik et af historiens største søslag - ud for Jyllands kyst. Siden første verdenskrigs udbrud to år tidligere stod det klart, at den tyske og engelske flåde ville……続きを見る

Pirates have long been stock figures in popular culture, from Treasure Island to the more recent antics of Jack Sparrow. Villains of all Nations unearths the thrilling historical truth behind such f……続きを見る

Over recent decades, it has been widely recognised that terrorist attacks at sea could result in major casualties and cause significant disruptions to the free flow of international shipping. After ……続きを見る

In seinem fesselnden Werk "Als U-Boots-Kommandant gegen England" bietet Freiherr von Georg-Günther Forstner einen eindrucksvollen Einblick in die Herausforderungen und Dilemmas des U-Boot-Kriegs wäh……続きを見る

“For forty years Ernest King prepared himself for the supreme test. From 1901 to 1941 he moved through the grades from ensign to admiral; he saw service in battleships, destroyers, submarines, suppl……続きを見る

The oral history of Britain’s first West Indian immigrants and their descendants In 1948 the former troop ship Windrush made the 30-day journey across the Atlantic from Jamaica. The arrival of its 5……続きを見る

This book analyses the evolving geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region and explains how Djibouti fits in the global strategies of four major powersーthe US, China, Japan, and France. It shows how Dj……続きを見る

The Kyrenia Ship, a Greek merchantman built around 315 BC, which sank off the north coast of Cyprus, was excavated between 1968 and 1972 under the direction of Michael L. Katzev of the University of……続きを見る

Now a major television documentary (Channel 4, 2021) The epic mission to destroy Hitler's flagship. 'Bismarck was now loose in the Atlantic we had to find and sink her.' May, 1941. The most powerful……続きを見る

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARITIME FOUNDATION AWARD FOR BEST BOOK 2024 A fascinating and original look at how the sea has defined Britain - and decided the course of its history - for thousands of years. ……続きを見る

A navy is a state's main instrument of maritime force. What it should do, what doctrine it holds, what ships it deploys, and how it fights are determined by practical political and military choices ……続きを見る

Strategic Survey 2022: The Annual Assessment of Geopolitics provides objective, in-depth analysis of the events that have shaped relations between major powers, region by region, over the past year,……続きを見る

During World War I, American merchant ships were given oddly colored paint jobs to distort their profiles at sea. Dubbed "Razzle-Dazzle," these camouflage patterns were believed responsible for dram……続きを見る

Very Special Ships is the first full-length book about the Abdiel-class fast minelayers, which were considered the fastest and most versatile to serve in the Royal Navy during World War II. This boo……続きを見る

Military ways can be enigmatic, resulting in an alien world where acronyms often replace words and where “1330” is a time of day. Add to that, the Navy is not only military, it is nautical, which ad……続きを見る

From the New York Times bestselling author of Washington’s Spies, the thrilling story of the Confederate spy who came to Britain to turn the tide of the Civil Warーand the Union agent resolved to st……続きを見る

« Le combat naval de Port-Saïd en 1886 » d'Augustin Garçon est une œuvre fine et érudite qui retrace l'une des batailles maritimes emblématiques du XIXe siècle. L'auteur emploie un style narratif en……続きを見る

In late 1944, the Second World War in the Pacific was going badly for Japan. The U.S. Pacific fleet had moved to the Mariana Islands in support of General MacArthur’s army, which had landed on the e……続きを見る

**Winner of the 2023 John R. Lyman Award in Maritime History, North American Naval History A 2024 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature Honorable Mention** The ability of the United States……続きを見る