Naval forces and warfare

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As she lay in dry dock, devastatingly damaged by one of Hitler’s newly deployed magnetic mines after barely two months in service, few could have predicted the illustrious career that lay ahead for the cruiser HMS Belfast.

As she lay in dry dock, devastatingly damaged by one of Hitler’s newly deployed magnetic mines after barely two months in service, few could have predicted the illustrious career that lay ahead for the cruiser HMS Belfast.

'Kershaw's book is a welcome rebalancing; a thoughtful, well-researched and well-written contribution to a narrative that has long been too one-sided and too mired in national mythology.

'Kershaw's book is a welcome rebalancing; a thoughtful, well-researched and well-written contribution to a narrative that has long been too one-sided and too mired in national mythology.

This is the story of the Bellerophon, a ship of the line known to her crew as the Billy Ruffian.

Die Malteser Ritter, auch bekannt als der Orden des Heiligen Johannes, sind ein faszinierendes Kapitel der europäischen Geschichte, geprägt von Tapferkeit, Glauben und unermüdlichem Einsatz für das Wohl der Menschheit.

A first-hand account of the Lusitanias doomed final voyage.

A companion volume to his bestselling 'Armageddon', Max Hastings' account of the battle for Japan is a masterful military history.

This commemorative volume produced on the occasion of the centennial of the Canadian Navy, 1910-2010, records a special kind of dual citizenship: Canadians exercising the profession of the sea in their nation's service, while also living out the demands of their civilian occupations in their home communities.

One of the finest war memoirs ever written.

The courageous, historic story of a great fighting ship of the Second World War.

The story of HMCS Oakville, a corvette that fought U-boats in WWII and remains a hero to its hometown in Oakville, Ontario.

Pull up a bollard and get to know the colourful language of the Royal Canadian Navy.

This is the story of six of Canadas Warships HMCS NAPANEE, HMCS BELLEVILLE, HMCS HALLOWELL, HMCS TRENTONIAN, HMCS QUINTE (I), and the HMCS QUINTE (II).

The bestselling, highly-acclaimed and most famous account of the Falklands War, written by the commander of the British Task Force.

This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the United States Marine Corps, from 1775, through their service in World Wars 1 and 2, through to Korea and Vietnam.

Now in compact e-guide form, this volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theatres of combat; the battles for the Atlantic, the war in the Mediterranean and the contest in the Indian Ocean.

Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail.

HMS Conqueror is Britain's most famous submarine.

This book introduces the reader to the early years of US submarine development and operation during the first third of the 20th century.

Estrategia es un libro mítico, un clásico inencontrable en España, que inspiró a insignes militares y fue lectura de cabecera de Kennedy durante la crisis de los misiles de Cuba en 1962.

The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie.

This book introduces the reader to the early years of US submarine development and operation during the first third of the 20th century.

A fully illustrated collection of the most thrilling shipwrecks of all time!

The unbelievable stories of the heroic men who sailed under the sea.

Winner of the Longman's History Today Book of the Year Award and the inaugural Westminster Medal for Military Literature More than a century had gone by since the Battle of Trafalgar.

Part of the ALL-NEW Ladybird Expert series.

In the early 20th century Britain's largest colonies established their own small naval presence, and their ships fought alongside the Royal Navy during World War I.

The true story of how Britain's maritime power helped gain this country unparalleled dominance of the world's economy,Admirals celebrates the rare talents of the men who shaped the most successful fighting force in world history.

In the early 20th century Britain's largest colonies established their own small naval presence, and their ships fought alongside the Royal Navy during World War I.

Las tecnologías han cambiado la forma de vida y el carácter de las guerras a lo largo de la historia de la humanidad.

'War is the most important thing in the world', writes Martin van Creveld, one of the world's best-known experts on military history and strategy.

On May 8, 1945, Victory in Europe Day-shortened to "e;V.

'War is the most important thing in the world', writes Martin van Creveld, one of the world's best-known experts on military history and strategy.

The ocean is humanity's largest battlefield.

The ocean is humanity's largest battlefield.

On May 8, 1945, Victory in Europe Day-shortened to "e;V.

The story of Britain's colourful maritime past seen through the changing fortunes of the Cornish port of Falmouth.

A gripping history of the Mediterranean campaigns from the first rumblings of conflict through the Second World War and into the uneasy peace of the late 1940s.

LIVES THAT NEVER GROW OLDA radical new series - edited by Richard Holmes - that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography.

Seventy years on, D-Day remains the greatest combined military operation of all time.

From the Crusades to the modern age of chemical warfare and smart bombs, history is littered with truly disastrous military campaigns.

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In 1914 Great Britain had the largest and most powerful navy the world had ever seen a well-known fact, but what of the everyday experience of those who served in her?

Jerry Grayson is an ordinary man who chose an extraordinary career.