Each title in this series contains four or five historical stories on a linked theme. The books are illustrated in black and white, with cutaways, maps and diagrams where appropriate to provide a non-fiction feel.
From the sinking of the British passenger liner Athenia on September 3, 1939, by a German U-boat (against orders) to the Japanese surrender on board the Missouri on September 2, 1945, War at Sea covers every major naveal battle of World War ...
Of the 38 russian ships engaged, 33 were either sunk or captured. Ronald Spector's At War At Sea traces, from 1905 to the present, the story of the world's great navies and the crews who manned them.
The role and characteristics of armed force at sea in western Europe and the Mediterranean prior to 1650.
The story of the war at sea in the reign of Edward III, including the important sea battles, and an analysis of the development of the English navy in the period.
War at Sea, 1939-1945
New naval history of the First World War which reveals the contribution of the war at sea to Allied victory.
World War II at Sea represents his crowning achievement: a complete narrative of the naval war and all of its belligerents, on all of the world's oceans and seas, between 1939 and 1945.
Our fascination with the drama of war at sea is as strong today as it was in the heyday of the sailing ship.This book, written by one of the world's foremost authors on naval warfare, describes the dramatic battles of an age when sail was ...
A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II “A brilliant and gripping book by a master historian working at the top of his powers.”—Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University ...
One of the world’s leading maritime experts traces the path that led to European supremacy on the high seas, with detailed accounts of each of the key naval conflicts from the highest strategic level right down to the experience of the ...