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A companion volume to the same author's "The British Field Marshals 1736–1997", this book outlines the lives of the 115 officers who held the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy from 1734……続きを見る

A riveting and revelatory history of the first naval battle of the Second World War, when British and German forces clashed off the coast of South America. At dawn on December 13, 1939, smoke was se……続きを見る

"Rose looks at every aspect of English naval power in the Medieval period . . . an excellent study of a somewhat neglected period of English naval history." ー History of War We are accustomed to th……続きを見る

Previous studies of the Royalist high command have concentrated largely upon a handful of notable individuals such as King Charles himself and Prince Rupert. In this ground-breaking study, John Barr……続きを見る

A study of the historic World War II naval battle, the first involving aircraft carriers and first in which neither warship was in sight of the other. By the beginning of May 1942, five months after……続きを見る

How shipbuilders, engine manufacturers, and more united to build Britain's Grand Fleet: "Superbly written…One of the best naval titles I have seen."ー Marine News The launch in 1906 of HMS Dreadnou……続きを見る

In 1806 a British expeditionary force captured Buenos Aires. Over the next eighteen months, Britain was sucked into a costly campaign on the far side of the world. The Spaniards were humbled on the ……続きを見る

The "acclaimed naval historian . . . takes the reader through the intricacies of warship design and construction in both French and British navies." ー Historical Novel Society In the series of wars……続きを見る

When Robert Brundle took the SS Harmatris to Russia with Convoy PQ8 he was 47 years of age. Both ship and master were veterans and had already sailed in convoys across the North Atlantic and to Sout……続きを見る

A history of two South American World War I naval battles between Germany and Great Britain. The defeat that Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock suffered at Coronel in 1914 at the hands of Maximili……続きを見る

This new book tells the story of the Ocean class of standard cargo ships, their design, building, and careers, and the author places them firmly in the context of the battle of the Atlantic which wa……続きを見る

The author of The First Day on the Somme recounts the sinking of two British Royal Navy ships by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. On the third day of the war with Japan, two Royal Nav……続きを見る

"Takes us into areas that aren't always covered . . . stand[s] out from the crowd of Napoleonic Naval studies." ー History of War In 1801, the newly forged United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelan……続きを見る

Germany's attempts to build a battleship fleet to match that of the United Kingdom, the dominant naval power on the 19th-century and an island country that depended on seaborne trade for survival, i……続きを見る

The Schnellbootwaffe was created in the early 1930s, before the Second World War, in concurrence with the regenerated Kriegsmarine. Young officers, most of whom learned their craft in the old Imperi……続きを見る

A naval memoir of the Second World War by a sea-officer who was awarded a DSC for providing anti-aircraft defense along the Norwegian coast. The author of this compelling memoir proved himself one o……続きを見る

In 2002 the wreck of a British cruiser was located by divers off the coast of Tunisia. The stunning photographs of the wreck inspired Dr Richard Osborne to delve into the controversy surrounding the……続きを見る

This WWII naval history chronicles the prolific combat career of one of the most important US ships to fight in the Pacific War. Few ships in American history have had as illustrious a history as th……続きを見る

"If you only read one book on the development of the Fleet Air Arm and Naval air warfare in the Mediterranean during World War 2 then this should be it." ーMilitary Historical Society After the Ital……続きを見る

This illustrated WWII reference guide presents detailed profiles of Nazi U-Boat commanders who were awarded the Knight's Cross. The Knight's Crossーor Ritterkreuzーwas one of the highest decorations……続きを見る

While bookshelves groan with works on the capital ships of the German Third Reich, there is little in English devoted to their predecessors of the Second Reich, so this new book will fill a clear ga……続きを見る

The SS Great Britain, designed by Isambard Brunel, was the first ocean-going vessel to be screw-driven and built entirely of iron. When she was launched in 1843 she was twice the size of any previou……続きを見る

A gripping account of one of the Royal Navy's most significant modern warships. The HMS Invincible is a ship whose eventful life story, it is argued, embodies that of the Royal Navy itself during th……続きを見る

This "well written, well researched, well-illustrated" edition of the classic Georgian Navy reference "will both delight and inform" ( The Naval Review ). The theme of the 2021 issue is "Georgian Na……続きを見る

This WWI history examines the Ottoman Army's defense of the Dardanelle Strait during Winston Churchill's failed Gallipoli Campaign. The Dardanelles Strait, separating Europe and Asia Minor, was fort……続きを見る

This book describes in considerable detail the people, events ships and aircraft that shaped the Air Service from its origins in the late 19th century to its demise in 1945. The formative years bega……続きを見る

This WWII history examines an early British commando raid on Nazi occupied France through extensive interviews with survivors from both sides. On March 28th, 1942, a combined force of British Comman……続きを見る

"A well-written, modern narrative of the political and military events leading up to, during and after the German-Japanese War of 1914."ーThe Australian Naval Institute The German-Japanese War was ……続きを見る

This sweeping naval history chronicles the many British vessels to bare the name Revenge, from the sixteenth-century galleon to the twentieth-century submarine. The glory years of the Royal Navy can……続きを見る

"A detailed account of the fast patrol boats built and used by the Kriegsmarine during WWII . . . a book for every naval history enthusiast."ー Firetrench The Kriegsmarine's Schnellbooteーfast att……続きを見る