Hidden Warships

Author : Nicholas A. Veronico
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781627886642

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Hidden Warships by Nicholas A. Veronico Pdf

A photo-filled tour of wrecked warships around the world, with their stories recounted in “a wonderfully clear [and] lively style” (Seattle Post Intelligencer). Sunk by enemy fire, scuttled, or run aground, the number of World War II-era battleships, cruisers, submarines, and other warships that ended their service on the bottom of the world’s oceans and seas is enormous. In the decades since the conflict, wreck hunters have pored over historical records and combed the world’s oceans to find their remains. Now you too can see them up close—without getting your feet wet. In Hidden Warships, naval historian Nicholas A. Veronico details the history, recovery, and preservation of these sunken combat ships—including accounts from the divers and restorers who have worked with them. Beginning with the Japanese midget submarines that attacked Pearl Harbor and continuing into the modern era, including the 2006 sinking of the postwar aircraft carrier USS Oriskany, Veronico provides rich detail on each noteworthy vessel, including over 150 photographs, ship specifications, geographic coordinates, and more. For the enthusiast who wants an even more complete experience, the book concludes with a list of preserved ships, an Internet resource guide, and a suggested reading list to continue the exploration. Whether you plan on visiting these historic sites yourself or simply enjoy their compelling stories, Hidden Warships will guide you, above the surface and underwater, through some of the most famous relics of World War II naval warfare. “A tantalizing selection of sunken vessels, including many recent discoveries.” —Naval History Magazine

Author : Basil Collier
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473814929

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Hidden Weapons by Basil Collier Pdf

In his Foreword, Professor Jones writes 'Mr Collier takes the opportunity to review the contributions of all forms of Intelligence, and the use and misuse that was made of them, in all the major phases of World War II. His task has required very wide reading of the great volume of original documents and derivative literature now available, and I admire the judgement that is evident throughout the book. Within the limits of treating the widest aspects of Intelligence in World War II in a small compass, Mr Collier has told the whole truth, fortunately without it turning out to be very unfavorable; and in the lessons to be drawn from it we indeed have one element of security if properly applied'.Basil Collier throws fresh light on the low priority given to Intelligence between the wars; the tendency of ministers and senior officials to rely less on intelligence reports than their own individual hunches; the failure to foresee the invasion of Norway; why, even with the aid of Enigma it was impossible to turn the scales in Crete, and why the Americans, though privy to some of Japans most closely guarded secrets, allowed the Pearl Harbor attack to take them by surprise.

Author : Irina Filatova
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781868425006

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The Hidden Thread by Irina Filatova Pdf

The Hidden Thread is a journey of revelation about the relationship between Soviet Russia and South Africa, hidden for most of its length. The story is told with insight and depth by Irina Filatova and Apollon Davidson, who have had a decades long association researching and writing on Russian and South African politics and history. This insightful work follows the often surprising twists and turns of the history of South Africa's relationship with Russia and its people which started in the eighteenth century and is still very much alive today. The story evolves from the Russian volunteers who fought alongside the Boers in the Anglo-Boer War to South Africans who participated in the Russian revolution and civil war; from the Russian Jewish immigration to South Africa to the close involvement of the South African communists in the Communist International; from the Soviet consulates in South Africa and the activities of South Africa's Friends of the Soviet Union Society during the Second World War to the vicissitudes of the Cold War and the 'hot' war in Angola; from the SACP and ANC's relations with the USSR to the volte-face of perestroika and South Africa's transition and to today's business, political, cultural and sometimes criminal connections between Russians and South Africans.

Author : Nicholas A. Veronico
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811760720

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Bloody Skies by Nicholas A. Veronico Pdf

A visual history of the US Eighth Air Force in World War II

Author : Shen NuWangZhe
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 1331 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781647576653

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Cultivating Agent in the City by Shen NuWangZhe Pdf

One of them was a young man who had been involved in cultivation since he was a child. One was a young man who wanted to bring prosperity to his country. The other was a man with lofty ambitions. In order to cheer up China, he would use all sorts of methods. Money, beauties, power, and status had all become nothing in his eyes. Only the strength of his countrymen was his ultimate dream. And how the protagonist uses his special ability to develop his own power.

Author : Gerry Docherty,James MacGregor
Publisher : Random House
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780577494

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Hidden History by Gerry Docherty,James MacGregor Pdf

Think you know about British history and the causes of the First World War? Think again. This fascinating and gripping study of events at the turn of the Twentieth Century is a remarkable insight into how political and social factors that we widely accept to be the causes of The Great War, were really just a construct put together by a very small, but powerful, political elite... 'Thought-provoking . . . Docherty and Macgregor do not mince their words . . . their arguments are powerful' -- Britain at War 'Simply astonishing' -- ***** Reader review 'Very illuminating' -- ***** Reader review 'You simply MUST read this book' -- ***** Reader review 'This is a page-turner' -- ***** Reader review *********************************************************************************** Hidden History uniquely exposes those responsible for the First World War. It reveals how accounts of the war's origins have been deliberately falsified to conceal the guilt of the secret cabal of very rich and powerful men in London responsible for the most heinous crime perpetrated on humanity. For ten years, they plotted the destruction of Germany as the first stage of their plan to take control of the world. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was no chance happening. It lit a fuse that had been carefully set through a chain of command stretching from Sarajevo through Belgrade and St Petersburg to that cabal in London. Our understanding of these events has been firmly trapped in a web of falsehood and duplicity carefully constructed by the victors at Versailles in 1919 and maintained by compliant historians ever since. The official version is fatally flawed, warped by the volume of evidence they destroyed or concealed from public view. Hidden History poses a tantalising challenge. The authors ask only that you examine the evidence they lay before you . . .

Author : Hector Charles Bywater
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : WISC:89100004068

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Their Secret Purposes by Hector Charles Bywater Pdf

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10T22:59:00Z
Category : History
ISBN : 9798822503878

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Summary of Gerry Docherty & James MacGregor's Hidden History by Everest Media, Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Anglo-American Establishment was a plan drawn up by three men in London in 1891 to take over foreign policy control in Britain and the United States. It aimed to renew the Anglo-Saxon bond between Great Britain and the United States, and expand the British Empire’s influence.

Author : Anders Bruce
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595290970

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The Fight for Freedom by Anders Bruce Pdf

It has been one year since the Galactic Government was defeated. The known universe is ruled by the tyrannical Imperial Confederacy. The last members of the Galaxy Defenders have only a single starship, and are hiding in deep space. How can they defeat the Imperial War Fleet and the cunning genius of the High Councilors if they can't even save themselves?

Author : Nicholas Veronico,Nicholas A. Veronico
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811765497

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Pearl Harbor Air Raid by Nicholas Veronico,Nicholas A. Veronico Pdf

Just in time for 75th anniversary commemorations of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, this latest addition offers a complete visual history of the attack, its aftermath, and the salvage efforts that followed. Over 300 photos, with detailed captions—complete with information such as aircraft serial numbers—document aircraft, ships, submarines, and key locations. Text sidebars highlight President Roosevelt’s famous speech, the little known failed Japanese attack that followed in March 1942, and more.

Author : James P. Delgado
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190888022

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War at Sea by James P. Delgado Pdf

The ocean is humanity's largest battlefield. Resting in its depths lie the lost ships of war, spanning the totality of human history. Many wrecks are nameless, others from more recent times are remembered, honored even, as are the battles that claimed them, like Actium, Trafalgar, Tsushima, Jutland, Pearl Harbor, and Midway. Underwater exploration is increasingly discovering long-lost warships from the deepest parts of the ocean, revealing a vast undersea museum that speaks to battles won and lost, service, sacrifice, and the human costs of warfare. War at Sea is a dramatic global tour of this remote museum and other formerly lost traces of humanity's naval heritage. It is also an account by the world's leading naval archaeologist of how underwater exploration has discovered these remains, thus resolving mysteries, adding to our understanding of the past, and providing intimate details of the experience of naval warfare. Arranged chronologically, the book begins with the warships and battles of the ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, and Chinese, and then progresses through three thousand years to the lost ships of the Cold War. James Delgado, who has personally explored, dived, and studied a number of the wrecks and sites in the book, provides insights as an explorer, archaeologist, and storyteller. The result is a unique and compelling history of naval warfare. From fallen triremes and galleons to dreadnoughts, aircraft carriers, and nuclear submarines, this book vividly brings thousands of years of naval warfare to life.

Author : Kim Browne,Murray Raff
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783031105685

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International Law of Underwater Cultural Heritage by Kim Browne,Murray Raff Pdf

This book brings together three distinct areas of International Law – namely Environmental, Heritage and Ocean Law – to address the international legal protection of historically significant wrecks, with particular focus on the environmental hazards they may pose. The confluence of Heritage Law and the Law of the Sea with International Environmental Law represents an important development in international governance strategies for the twenty-first century, in particular those legal and administrative regimes that concern the world’s oceans and underwater cultural heritage protection. Importantly, connections between international legal regimes, such as the 1982 Law of the Sea, and institutions like the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and United Nations Education Scientific Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), can play a crucial part in governance strategies that involve the regulation of marine pollution and historic shipwrecks.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Naval history
ISBN : UGA:32108058521132

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Naval History by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter Hopkirk
Publisher : Kodansha
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009667366

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Like Hidden Fire by Peter Hopkirk Pdf

A GRIPPING STORY OF IMPERIAL AMBITION, SWASHBUCKLING ADVENTURE, AND THE KAISER'S OWN JIHAD. An acclaimed historian tells, for the first time, the full story of the conspiracy between the Germans and the Turks to unleash a Muslim holy war against the British in India and the Russians in the Caucasus. Drawing on recently opened intelligence files and rare personal accounts, Peter Hopkirkskillfully reconstructs the Kaiser's bold plan and describes the exploits of the secret agents on both sides-disguised variously as archaeologists, traders, and circus performers-as they sought to foment or foil the uprising and determine the outcome of World War I.

Author : Nicholas A. Veronico,Nick Veronico
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780760344095

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Hidden Warbirds by Nicholas A. Veronico,Nick Veronico Pdf

Veronico explores the romantic era of World War II warbirds and the stories of some of its most famous wrecks, including the "Swamp Ghost" (a B-17E which crashed in New Guinea in the early days of World War II and which was only recently recovered), and "Glacier Girl" (a P-38, part of "The Lost Squadron," which crashed in a large ice sheet in Greenland in 1942). Throughout, Veronico provides a history of the aircraft, as well as the unique story behind each discovery and recovery with ample illustrations.