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Author | : Angus Konstam |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 81 |
Release | : 2024-03-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472861469 |
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Packed with illustrations, this is a new history and analysis of how the Royal Navy's most important fleet operated and fought the German Navy in the crucial first years of World War II. Throughout its history, the Royal Navy's most powerful fleet has been the one guarding home waters. In this book, naval historian Angus Konstam explores the fighting power, the roles, and the battles of the Home Fleet, in the crucial first years of World War II when it was Britain's most powerful fighting force, anchored in the northern bastion of Scapa Flow. He explains the complex responsibilities of the fleet, charged simultaneously with preventing the powerful German Navy from breaking out into the Atlantic; preparing to challenge any cross-Channel invasion force; and attacking German naval operations in the North Sea. Home Fleet actions included the loss of HMS Hood, the sinking of the Bismarck and countering the invasion of Norway, Germany's biggest amphibious operation of the war. Packed with striking new artwork and 3D diagrams and maps, this book offers a detailed portrait of the Home Fleet during these most crucial years of the war, from the capabilities of the warships to logistics and intelligence-gathering, to how the fleet was organized and commanded, and how and why it fought as it did.
Author | : J. Levy |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2003-10-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230511562 |
Download The Royal Navy's Home Fleet in World War 2 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book marks the first comprehensive history of Britain's naval bulwark, the Home Fleet. It illuminates the vital role that fleet played in preserving Britain as a base of operations against Hitler. We see portrayed the hard days of blockade, patrol, and battle that encompassed the Home Fleet's war. And we see how that war was made harder by weaknesses at the Admiralty and by the damaging interference of the Minister of Defence - Winston Churchill.
Author | : Joseph H. Wellings |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 1983-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780756728823 |
Download On His Majestys Service Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
During the period between the outbreak of World War II in Sept. 1939 and the attack on Pearl Harbor in Dec. 1941, the U.S. became involved in a number of activities to assist Britain, short of war. One of these was the exchange of technical info. between the Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy. Joseph Wellings was the first of the group of officers to go to London and to concentrate on fleet oper. and tactics. His assignment was to observe the fleet at sea and to examine shipboard practices in convoy operations, gunnery and fleet maneuvers, and to report back to the Navy. The documents have been selected and edited to form a coherent, firsthand account of the experiences of an assistant naval attaché and observer of the Royal Navy between Sept. 1940 and June 1941. Ill.
Author | : Stephen Wentworth Roskill |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
Download The Navy at War, 1939-1945 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : James Levy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Duncan Redford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9780755618668 |
Download A History of the Royal Navy Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Introduction -- Chapter 1 Opening moves: Home waters and the Atlantic September 1939-June 1940 -- Chapter 2 Home waters and the Atlantic July 1940-December 1941 -- Chapter 3 Mediterranean June/July 1940-December 1941 -- Chapter 4 Far East December 1941-Jan 1944 -- Chapter 5 Home waters and the Atlantic January 1942- VE day -- Chapter 6 Mediterranean January 1942-VE day -- Chapter 7 The British Pacific Fleet Epilogue Demobilisation and after.
Author | : Angus Konstam |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 49 |
Release | : 2017-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472825829 |
Download British Destroyers 1939–45 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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 built by Germany and Japan, resulting in the commissioning of the powerful Tribal-class. These were followed by the designing of the first of several slightly smaller ships, which carried fewer guns than the Tribals, but were armed with a greatly enlarged suite of torpedoes. The first of these, the 'J/K/M class' was followed by a number of wartime variants, with slight changes to their weaponry to suit different wartime roles. Designed to combat enemy surface warships, aircraft and U-boats, the British built these destroyers to face off against anything the enemy could throw at them. Using a collection of contemporary photographs and beautiful colour artwork, this is a fascinating new study of the ships that formed the backbone of the Royal Navy during World War II.
Author | : Robert Jackson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Angus Konstam |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 107 |
Release | : 2024-07-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472861256 |
Download British Lend-Lease Warships 1940–45 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
An illustrated history of the American-built destroyers and frigates supplied to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease, which played a crucial role in Britain's war in the Atlantic. As U-boat attacks on Britain's vital sea lanes increased in ferocity, and Royal Navy warship losses mounted, the United States passed the Lend-Lease Act, the cornerstone of America's wartime role as armourer to the Allies. Naval historian Angus Konstam here offers an account of the Royal Navy's Lend-Lease destroyers and escorts. The first batch were 50 World War I-era 'four-stacker' destroyers, in a deal sealed by the transfer of several global British bases to the USA. These warships were immediately recrewed, refitted and pressed into service in the Battle of the Atlantic. These ageing destroyers were followed by over a hundred more Lend-Lease warships, many of which were built especially for British service in American shipyards. Their arrival helped tip the balance in the hard-fought war against the U-boats, while others were used to fulfil other crucial wartime missions. With detailed ship profiles of the major classes, a cutaway of HMS Campbeltown (of Saint-Nazaire raid fame) as it appeared in 1941, and superb battlescene artwork, this is a comprehensive look at a crucial aspect of the Battle of the Atlantic.
Author | : Charles Stephenson |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Maritime |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2022-04-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1526783622 |
Download The Eastern Fleet and the Indian Ocean, 1942–1944 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The story of the British Eastern Fleet, which operated in the Indian Ocean against Japan, has rarely been told. Although it was the largest fleet deployed by the Royal Navy prior to 1945 and played a vital part in the theater it was sent to protect, it has no place in the popular consciousness of the naval history of the Second World War. So Charles Stephenson’s deeply researched and absorbing narrative gives this forgotten fleet the recognition it deserves. British prewar naval planning for the Far East is part of the story, as is the disastrous loss of the battleship Prince of Wales and battlecruiser Repulse in 1941, but the body of the book focuses on the new fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir James Somerville, and its operations against the Japanese navy and aircraft as well as Japanese and German submarines. Later in the war, once the fleet had been reinforced with an American aircraft carrier, it was strong enough to take more aggressive actions against the Japanese, and these are described in vivid detail. Charles Stephenson’s authoritative study should appeal to readers who have a special interest in the war with Japan, in naval history more generally and Royal Navy in particular.