A History of the Royal Navy: World War II

Contributor(s): Author: Angus KonstamThis title tells the dramatic story of how the Royal Navy transformed ordinary citizens into first-rate and fe...

A new history of the development of the Dutch fleet in the early 20th century, and the role these warships played in World War II, from the defense...

DescriptionThe opening months of World War II saw Britain's Royal Navy facing a resurgent German navy, the Kriegsmarine. Following the German invas...

Reducere. This book relates the part played by Royal Navy Top Guns in defence of UK's global National Interests since World War II. It is an intimate account...

A new illustrated history and analysis of Italy's World War II destroyers. The Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marine or RM) began the Second World War w...

Reducere. April 1797, Falmouth Bay. As France continues her bitter struggle for supremacy on land and sea, the Royal Navy receives a crippling blow at home: ...

Reducere. A fast-paced, little-known story of danger at sea on the eve of World War II On the sweltering evening of August 30, 1939, the German luxury liner ...

Reducere. A fast-paced, little-known story of danger at sea on the eve of World War II On the sweltering evening of August 30, 1939, the German luxury liner ...

A superbly illustrated study of the major warships of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. While the Kriegsmarine's capital ships became less important to ...

In World War II, the author's ship the USS Albuquerque PF-7 endured a fourteen month tour of duty in the Bering Sea performing unending patrols, es...

Reducere. World War II, British RoWith the outbreak of yal Air Force (RAF) officials sought to train aircrews outside of England, safe from enemy attack and ...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "You are charged with one of the...

Reducere. Few historians immersed themselves in their topics like bestselling, noted author Ernle Bradford. Specializing in the Mediterranean world and naval...

In this lively narrative history, Robert H. Patton, grandson of the World War II battlefield legend, tells a sweeping tale of courage, capitalism, ...

With the outbreak of World War II, Britain's Royal Navy was at the forefront of her defence with her fleet of battleships as her main striking forc...

As the possibility of war loomed in the 1930s, the British Admiralty looked to update their fleet of destroyers to compete with the new ships being...

Reducere. Few historians immersed themselves in their topics like bestselling noted author Ernle Bradford. Specializing in the Mediterranean world and naval ...

Reducere. "Touching the Face of God" is the fascinating true story of John Gillespie Magee, Jr., author of the poem "High Flight." Magee composed his famous ...

Reducere. The true story of the World War II evacuation portrayed in the Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk, by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Day o...

A memoir of life as an adventurer and sailor in the Mediterranean, by the noted naval historian. Ernle Bradford spent his twenty-first birthday in ...