German Battleships 1897-1945
Title | German Battleships 1897-1945 PDF eBook |
Author | R. A. Burt |
Publisher | |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Japanese Battleships, 1897-1945
Title | Japanese Battleships, 1897-1945 PDF eBook |
Author | R.A. Burt |
Publisher | Seaforth Publishing |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 2015-06-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1473845459 |
Rare images of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s fleet before it was almost completely destroyed in World War II. This photographic archive contains some 125 stunning images of the battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, many unfamiliar, some very rare. They constitute an archive that is pretty much without equal in publications in the West. The period covered is from the launch of Japan's first real contemporary battleship, Yashima, built by Armstrong’s on the Tyne, up to the final destruction of her fleet in the Pacific in 1945. During that time Japan built up the third largest navy in the world and, before the First World War, it was Britain that armed her at sea. All her dreadnoughts saw action in the Second World War, and of all these numerous ships only Nagato survived the conflict. She was to become a target in the Bikini A-bomb tests in 1946. Just as the ships were lost, so were the majority of photographic records, and relatively few images have come down to us. This selection from R.A. Burt's archive represents therefore a remarkable portrayal of these ships. Extended captions and ship specifications enhance its reference value, making it an essential volume for enthusiasts, modelers, and anyone with an interest in the Second World War.
Germany, 1866-1945
Title | Germany, 1866-1945 PDF eBook |
Author | Gordon Alexander Craig |
Publisher | Oxford : Clarendon Press |
Pages | 854 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Germany |
ISBN | 9780198221135 |
A history of the rise and fall of united Germany, which lasted only 75 years from its establishment by Bismark in 1870. Suitable for A Level and upwards. In the OXFORD HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE series.
British Battleships 1919-1945
Title | British Battleships 1919-1945 PDF eBook |
Author | R A Burt |
Publisher | Seaforth Publishing |
Pages | 437 |
Release | 2012-02-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1848321309 |
This superb reference book achieved the status of classic soon after its first publication in 1993; it was soon out of print and is now one of the most sought-after naval reference books. And with good reason. Offering an unprecedented range of descriptive and illustrative detail, the author describes the evolution of the battleship classes through all their modifications and refits. As well as dealing with design features, armour, machinery and power plants and weaponry, he also examines the performance of the ships in battle and analyses their successes and failures; and as well as covering all the RNs battleships and battlecruisers, he also looks in detail at the aircraft carrier conversions of the WWI battlecruisers Furious, Glorious and Courageous. British Battleships 1919-1939 is a masterpiece of research and the comprehensive text is accompanied by tabular detail and certainly the finest collection of photographs and line drawings ever offered in such a book. For this new edition the author has added some 75 new photographs, many of them having never appeared in print before, and the book has been completely redesigned to fully exploit the superb photo collection. A delight for the historian, enthusiast and ship modeller, it is a volume that is already regarded as an essential reference work for this most significant era in naval history and ship design.
Warship 2017
Title | Warship 2017 PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Dent |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2017-06-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 184486474X |
Warship 2017 is devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range of articles from a select panel of distinguished international contributors, this latest volume combines original research, new book reviews, warship notes, an image gallery and much more to maintain the impressive standards of scholarship and research from the field of warship history. This 39th edition features the usual range of diverse articles spanning the subject by an international array of expert authors.
Battleships of the Bismarck Class
Title | Battleships of the Bismarck Class PDF eBook |
Author | Gerhard Koop |
Publisher | Seaforth Publishing |
Pages | 153 |
Release | 2014-02-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 184832197X |
The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships it is difficult to beat a series of six volumes written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Each contains an account of the development of a particular class, a detailed description of the ships, with full technical details, and an outline of their service, heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps and a substantial collection of photographs. These have been out of print for ten years or more and are now much sought after by enthusiasts and collectors, so this new modestly priced reprint of the series will be widely welcomed.??The first volume, appropriately, is devoted to the Kriesmarine's largest and most powerful units, the battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz, whose careers stand in stark contrast to each other _ one with a glorious but short life, while the other was to spend a hunted existence in Norwegian fjords, all the time posing a threat to Allied sea communications, while attacked by everything from midget submarines to heavy bombers.
Cumulative Book Index
Title | Cumulative Book Index PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 2232 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | American literature |
ISBN |
A world list of books in the English language.