Naval forces and warfare

At Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919, there occurred an event unique in naval history.

Winner: Richard Barksdale Harwell AwardWinner: Emerging Civil War Book AwardOn a cold day in early January 1864, Robert E.

Each pilot and bombardier/navigator sat side by side in an all-weather jet built for low-level bombing runs, precision targeting, and night strikes.

'The most powerful representation yet of the race which has repeatedly changed history as we know it' - The ScotsmanAlistair Moffat's journey, from the Scottish islands and Scotland, to the English coast, Wales, Cornwall and Ireland, ignores national boundaries to reveal the rich fabric of culture and history of Celtic Britain which still survives today.

Much is known about Britain's role in the Atlantic slave trade during the eighteenth century but few are aware of the sustained campaign against slaving conducted by the Royal Navy after the passing of the Slave Trade Abolition Act of 1807.

The Royal Navy's operations in World War II started on 3 September 1939 and continued until the surrender of Japan in August 1945 - there was no 'phoney war' at sea.

The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars were the first truly global conflicts.

Since 1900, the Royal Navy has seen vast changes to the way it operates.

Ottoman naval technology underwent a transformation under the rule of Sultan Selim III.

The years leading to World War I were the 'Age of the Dreadnought'.

For many years the naval warfare of World War I has been largely overlooked; yet, at the outbreak of that war, the British Government had expected and intended its military contribution to the conflict to be largely naval.

Was he a far-sighted war hero, or an ambitious networker promoted well above his natural talent?

The Seven Years War (1756-1763) was the first global conflict and became the key factor in creating the British Empire.

The Seven Years War (1756-1763) was the first global conflict and became the key factor in creating the British Empire.

World War I is one of the iconic conflicts of the modern era.

The British Empire, the largest empire in history, was fundamentally a maritime one.

Much is known about Britain's role in the Atlantic slave trade during the eighteenth century but few are aware of the sustained campaign against slaving conducted by the Royal Navy after the passing of the Slave Trade Abolition Act of 1807.

In the century after 1530 the Habsburgs of Spain and the Ottoman Turks fought a maritime war that seemed destined to lead nowhere.

The Royal Navy's operations in World War II started on 3 September 1939 and continued until the surrender of Japan in August 1945 - there was no 'phoney war' at sea.

The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars were the first truly global conflicts.

Since 1900, the Royal Navy has seen vast changes to the way it operates.

Was he a far-sighted war hero, or an ambitious networker promoted well above his natural talent?

Ottoman naval technology underwent a transformation under the rule of Sultan Selim III.

On the outome of the Battle of the Atlantic from 1939 to 1945 depended Britain's survival in the midst of a global war.

A long-overdue history of America's "e;forgotten flattop.

One woman's quest for knowledge of her father lost at sea Mary Lee Coe Fowler was a posthumous child, born after her father, a submarine skipper in the Pacific, was lost at sea in 1943.

The naval historian presents a "e;well-written, fast-paced"e; study of Civil War riverine combat based on the personal accounts of officers and sailors (Civil War News).

During the first two years of World War I, Germany struggled to overcome a crippling British blockade of its mercantile shipping lanes.

"e;The essential reappraisal of this seminal event in twentieth-century naval history .

Nineteen months before the D-Day invasion of Normandy, Allied assault forces landed in North Africa in Operation TORCH, the first major amphibious operation of the war in Europe.

The realities of WWII underwater warfare come to life in this chronicle of a submarine sunk in the Philippines-and the remarkable sailors who survived.

A historic account of the US Navy's cramped, outdated submarine that was forced to remain in service during World War II.

"e; Constructed in 1923, the American submarine S39 was practically an antique when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor.

A fascinating personal memoir of underwater combat in World War II, told by a man who played a major role in those dangerous operations.

A fascinating personal memoir of underwater combat in World War II, told by a man who played a major role in those dangerous operations.

The realities of WWII underwater warfare come to life in this chronicle of a submarine sunk in the Philippines-and the remarkable sailors who survived.

This WWII naval history chronicles the prolific combat career of one of the most important US ships to fight in the Pacific War.

Nineteen months before the D-Day invasion of Normandy, Allied assault forces landed in North Africa in Operation TORCH, the first major amphibious operation of the war in Europe.

Few ships in American history have had as illustrious a history as the heavy cruiser USS Portland (CA-33), affectionately known by her crew as 'Sweet Pea.

Today USS Pampanito is a tourist destination.

This sweeping recasting of American naval history is a bold departure from the conventional ';sea power' approach.

A navy is a state's main instrument of maritime force.

This book discusses the role of the U.

A gripping account of the most famous convoy operation of the war, which marked a high-water mark for the German naval campaign in the Arctic.

Privateers of the Americas examines raids on Spanish shipping conducted from the United States during the early 1800s.

An examination of the Royal Canadian Navy and its promotion of sovereignty through collective defence.

In the first major study of the Royal Canadian Navy's contribution to foreign policy, Nicholas Tracy takes a comprehensive look at the paradox that Canada faces in participating in a system of collective defence as a means of avoiding subordination to other countries.