The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy
Title | The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy PDF eBook |
Author | J. R. Hill |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 516 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN | 9780198605270 |
Britain is an island nation and throughout history its navy has been of great importance for its defence. As a consequence it has always had a special significance and has over the centuries entrenched itself in the national psyche, making itself manifest not only through the hero-worship ofits principal characters such as Horatio Nelson and Sir Francis Drake but also finding expression through art, music, and literature.Like any great national institution, the navy is a complex web of interconnected histories - operational, strategic, political, economic, administrative, technological, and social. Now updated for its paperback edition, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy, in a series of fourteenchapters, provides a thorough and engaging treatment of these histories, covering every aspect of naval history from the Anglo-Saxon period to the dawn of the new millennium.The book explores:Major action and campaigns - the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the Anglo-Dutch Wars, the Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of Jutland, the Atlantic Campaign of 1939-45, the Falklands conflict, the Gulf War, and attacks on terrorist bases in Afghanistan in 2001.Developments in naval history and technology - navigational advances, surveying, constructional developments, disaster relief, the suppression of the slave trade, and the Strategic Defence Review of 1998.Key personalities - Drake and Nelson, Samuel Pepys, Francis Beaufort, Jackie Fisher, Lord Charles Beresford, Lord Jellicoe.Naval life - recruitment (press gangs, training, education, discipline), tactics, gunnery and armaments, amphibious operations, wages and conditions, victualling and supply.How and when did Britain's perception of the sea change from a thing of fear to a 'moat defence' (in the words of Shakespeare)?How did the navy's administrative systems develop during the Tudor period?During the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, its greatest period of expansion, how did the navy develop strategically and operationally?How successfully did the navy defend the British Empire during the nineteenth century?What role did the navy play in Victorian Britain's thirst for exploring of the world?What technical developments have been important to the navy?What effect did two world wars have on the role of the Royal Navy?What does the modern navy look like now and what about the future?With a full chronology, which has been brought up to date to the end of 2001, an extensive list of further reading, 16 pages of colour plates, 23 maps, 6 special Action Station diagram 'box' features, and around 200 black-and-white integrated illustrations, this is an authoritative and highlyreadable account of a unique fighting service and its people.
An Illustrated History of the Royal Navy
Title | An Illustrated History of the Royal Navy PDF eBook |
Author | John Winton |
Publisher | Anova Books |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781844860074 |
This text is a comprehensive, authoritative, and illustrated history of the Royal Navy from its earliest times to the present day. This edition is updated to include recent operations in the first and second Gulf wars.
An Illustrated History of the Royal Navy
Title | An Illustrated History of the Royal Navy PDF eBook |
Author | John Winton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN | 9781840652185 |
The Royal Navy
Title | The Royal Navy PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony John Watts |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN | 9781854093240 |
The Royal Navy's long and glorious tradition is covered in this fascinating, illustrated history.
The U.S. Navy
Title | The U.S. Navy PDF eBook |
Author | Nathan Miller |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Pages | 424 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The 200-year history of the U.S. Navy is told vividly here in stirring authoritative prose which is dramatized by more than 400 carefully chosen illustrations.
The Illustrated Companion to Nelson's Navy
Title | The Illustrated Companion to Nelson's Navy PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Blake |
Publisher | Stackpole Books |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2005-08 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780811732758 |
The fictional exploits of sailors in the Royal Navy have thrilled readers around the world. This title covers various aspects of the Royal Navy including the workings of the admiralty, the designs and building of ships, life on board, food and drink, discipline, seamanship, merchant fleets, and opposing navies.
A History of the Royal Navy: World War II
Title | A History of the Royal Navy: World War II PDF eBook |
Author | Duncan Redford |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2014-03-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0857723456 |
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 navy played a central role in the evacuation of the retreating British army at Dunkirk, and later orchestrated the sinking of Germany's mighty battleship and Hitler's pride, the Bismarck. Without the Royal Navy's attention to the defence of Britain's seaborne trade - especially in the struggle against German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic - there would not have been food for the country, fuel for the RAF's operations or supplies to keep the army fighting in Europe, North Africa and the Far East. Yet the outstanding naval contribution to Britain's survival and eventual victory came at a heavy cost in terms of ships and to the men who had to face not just the violence of the enemy, but also the violence of the sea. This book argues that World War II was, effectively, a maritime war; it was the Royal Navy's war.