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Churchill's highly acclaimed and
eminently readable account of the War |
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the
official US Naval Historian - his one-Volume
Summary. Again, highly readable |
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on to
Introduction |
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Based on the "The War at Sea" by Gordon Smith, published by Ian
Allan 1989 |
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"an invaluable reference book on the
war at sea .... as well as an informative guide to naval
strategy", Lloyds List
"enormously helpful and a great
time-saver" .... "I only wish it had come out about four years
ago" - John Terraine, Sunday Telegraph
"... a remarkable book. ... For
the researcher or professional reader, "The War at Sea" will be
invaluable. The general reader .... will benefit from having the
whole picture explained .... and .... from the simplicity and
conciseness of the information and its presentation" - Ships
Monthly |
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Photographs are mainly courtesy of
Steve Johnson of
Cyberheritage (CH). My thanks to
him |
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Internet/E-Book and
Original Introductions |
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Beginning & End, Battle
Honours, Victoria Cross at Sea, 1939-45 |
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1939 |
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Atlantic
& Europe at the Start, Main Role of Royal
Navy |
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Battle of
Atlantic starts, 'Phoney War' on land, Battle of
River Plate |
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1940 |
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Invasion of
Norway, Battles of Narvik, Blitzkrieg on Western
Europe, Dunkirk evacuation starts |
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Evacuation
of Dunkirk ends, Italy at war, Action at sea in
the Mediterranean, France falls |
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Mediterranean
at the Start, including North Africa, East Africa, Near or
Middle East |
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Fall of France, Battle of Britain,
War in Mediterranean |
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U-boat
packs in Atlantic, Blitz on Britain, Attack on Taranto, German raiders at sea |
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1941 |
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Battle of
Cape Matapan, Battles for Greece & Crete,
Capture of U.110, Enigma codes, Loss of 'Hood',
sinking of 'Bismarck' |
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Invasion of
Russia, Malta Convoys, Japan prepares for war |
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Indian
& Pacific Oceans at the Start |
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Pearl
Harbor attacked, Loss of 'Repulse' & 'Prince
of Wales', Singapore falls, 'Channel Dash' by
German big ships, to February 1942 |
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1942 |
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Russian
convoys, Raid on St Nazaire, Battle of Sirte
Gulf, SE Asia & SW Pacific occupied, British
landings on Madagascar |
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Malta, Atlantic & Russian convoy battles, Raid on
Dieppe, Battles of Midway, Alamein, and for
Guadalcanal |
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Landings in
French North Africa ('Torch'), Final battles for
Guadalcanal & Stalingrad, 'Cockleshell
heroes', Battle of Barents Sea, to January 1943 |
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1943 |
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Battles for Tunis & North Africa, Battle of
Atlantic peaks, U-boats withdraw, 'Dambusters'
raid' |
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Invasion of
Sicily ('Husky'), Battle of Kursk, Italy
surrenders, Salerno landings ('Avalanche'),
U-boat packs return to Atlantic, X-craft attack
'Tirpitz' |
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British
Aegean campaign, Battle for Italy, Battles for
New Guinea & Solomons, US landings on Tarawa,
'Scharnhorst' sunk in Battle of North Cape, Burma
campaign |
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1944 |
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Air war on Germany, Atlantic & Russian convoy battles, Anzio landings ('Shingle'), Indian Ocean
operations, Battles of Cassino, Preparations for
D-day |
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Invasion of Normandy ('Overlord'),Capture of
Rome, V-1's on
England, Saipan landings & Battle of
Philippines Sea, Attacks on 'Tirpitz', S of
France landings ('Dragoon') |
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Western
Allies cross into Germany, U-boat's British
Inshore campaign, V.2's hit London, Russians
reach Eastern Europe, Battles of Leyte Gulf |
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1945 |
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Russians
reach Germany, Indian Ocean operations, British
inshore & Russian convoy battles continue, US
takes Iwo Jima, British Pacific Fleet in action,
Okinawa invaded, Defeat of Germany |
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Germany surrenders, Battle of
Atlantic ends, Italy taken,
Burma & Okinawa conquered, A-Bombs tested & dropped,
Defeat of Japan |
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