World War Ii Sea War Volume 3 The Royal Navy Is Bloodied In The Mediterranean

Author : Donald A Bertke,Gordon Smith,Don Kindell
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781937470012

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World War II Sea War, Volume 3: The Royal Navy is Bloodied in the Mediterranean by Donald A Bertke,Gordon Smith,Don Kindell Pdf

Day-to-day naval actions from October 1940 through May 1941. Provides detailed information on movements of all identifiable vessels of Allied, Axis, and neutral countries, plus convoy movements and minefields. Information is broken down by month, then by geographical area, date, and time. This series is an invaluable source for historians, students, and anyone interested in the naval history of World War II.

Author : Donald A. Bertke,Don Kindell,Gordon Smith
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781937470005

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WORLD WAR II SEA WAR: FRANCE FALLS, BRITAIN STANDS ALONE: Day-to-Day Naval Actions from April 1940 through September 1940 by Donald A. Bertke,Don Kindell,Gordon Smith Pdf

Day-to-Day Naval Actions April 1940 through September 1940

Author : Robert Forczyk
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472814876

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We March Against England by Robert Forczyk Pdf

We March Against England tells the thrilling tale of Operation Sea Lion, Hitler's plan to invade Britain and end its involvement in World War II. In May 1940 Nazi Germany was master of continental Europe, the only European power still standing was Great Britain – and the all-conquering German armed forces stood poised to cross the Channel. Following the destruction of the RAF fighter forces, the sweeping of the Channel of mines, and the wearing down of the Royal Naval defenders, two German army groups were set to storm the beaches of southern England. Despite near-constant British fears from August to October, the invasion never took place after first being postponed to spring 1941 before finally being abandoned entirely. Robert Forcyzk, author of Where the Iron Crosses Grow, looks beyond the traditional British account of Operation Sea Lion, complete with plucky Home Guards and courageous Spitfire pilots, at the real scale of German ambition, plans and capabilities. He examines, in depth, how Operation Sea Lion fitted in with German air-sea actions around the British Isles as he shows exactly what stopped Hitler from invading Britain.

Author : Yannis Prekatsounakis
Publisher : Helion and Company
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781913118464

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The Battle For Heraklion. Crete 1941 by Yannis Prekatsounakis Pdf

Crete, 20 May 1941: the first campaign-sized airborne assault is launched. Many books have been written about this famous invasion, with the emphasis mainly on the battles for Maleme and Chania. The Battle for Heraklion - an epic struggle - remained largely forgotten and widely unstudied. Yet the desperate fight for Heraklion had everything: street-fighting in the town; heroic attacks against well-fortified positions and medieval walls; heavy losses on all sides; and tragic stories involving famous German aristocratic families like the von Blüchers and members of the Bismarck family. This book highlights personal stories and accounts - and the author’s access to records from all three sides allowed accounts to be placed in their correct place and time. Finally, the history of the battle is written with the added perspective of extensive Greek accounts and sources. In contrast, earlier books were based solely on British and German sources - totally ignoring the Greek side. Many of these accounts are from people who were fighting directly against each other - and some reveal what the enemies were discussing and thinking while they were shooting at or attacking each other. Some accounts are so accurate and detailed that we can even identify who killed whom. In addition, long-lost stories behind both well known and previously unpublished pictures are revealed. For the first time, 75 year-old mysteries are solved: what were the names of the paratroopers in the planes seen crashing in famous pictures? What was the fate of soldiers seen in pictures taken just before the battle? The author has studied the battlefield in every detail - thus giving the reader the opportunity to understand actions and incidents by examining what happened on the actual field of battle. For example, how was it possible for a whole platoon to be trapped and annihilated, as in the fate of Wolfgang Graf von Blücher? Such a question is not easily answered even by people with a military background. How was it possible for the paratroopers to fail in their attempt to occupy the town? The answers to questions like these became very clear when the author walked through the battlefields - following the accounts of the people from all sides who had fought there and which describe the same incidents. The author’s extensive research is vividly presented via detailed maps and photographs, both from the era of the battle and today; even battlefield archaeology plays a role in revealing what really happened on the battlefield. The author’s approach addresses two different types of readers: those who are largely unfamiliar with the battle - hence the emphasis on personal stories, accounts and pictures - and the researcher who wants a reliable source of firsthand material and perhaps a different point of view, such as is offered by Greek accounts and sources (and by the writer’s detailed analysis of the battle). This fresh account of one of the Second World War’s most memorable battles is given added authority by the writer’s military background, together with his deep knowledge of the battlefield and his access to Greek accounts and sources.

Author : Duncan Redford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857723451

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A History of the Royal Navy: World War II by Duncan Redford Pdf

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.

Author : Vincent O'Hara
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612514086

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Struggle for the Middle Sea by Vincent O'Hara Pdf

The Mediterranean is the maritime crossroads where Europe, Asia, and Africa meet. More major naval actions were fought there than in the Atlantic or Pacific yet remarkably little has been written about the subject. Th is fresh study of the Mediterranean’s naval war analyzes the actions and performances of the five major navies—British, Italian, French, German, and American—during the entire five-year campaign and examines the national imperatives that drove each nation’s maritime strategy. Struggle for the Middle Sea provides a history of the entire campaign from all perspectives and covers Germany’s largely unknown—and remarkably successful—struggle to employ sea power in the Mediterranean after the Italian armistice. Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy (August 2009) has called it “a new and stunningly important view of World War II” and “a fabulously readable and important book.”

Author : Leo Marriott
Publisher : Pen and Sword Maritime
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399098946

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Naval Battles of the Second World War by Leo Marriott Pdf

The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo Marriott’s highly illustrated two-volume account of the struggle sets naval actions in the wider strategic context as well as giving graphic accounts of what happened in each engagement. This first volume concentrates on the Royal Navy’s confrontation with the ships and submarines of the German Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic, the Arctic convoys and the struggle across the Mediterranean against the Italian navy to supply the opposing armies in North Africa. The Battle of the River Plate, the pursuit of the Bismarck, the PQ17 convoy to the Soviet Union and Operation Pedestal, the most famous convoy sent to relieve Malta, are among the episodes described in vivid detail and illustrated with a selection of striking photographs. This concise but wide-ranging introduction to the naval war emphasizes the sheer scale of the conflict in every sea and shows the direct impact of each naval battle on the course of the war .

Author : Jack Greene,Alessandro Massignani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015047443059

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The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1940-1943 by Jack Greene,Alessandro Massignani Pdf

Author : Philip D. Grove,Mark J. Grove,Alastair Finlan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135882587

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The Second World War, Vol. 3 by Philip D. Grove,Mark J. Grove,Alastair Finlan Pdf

This volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theaters of combat: the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. The war at sea was a critical contest, as sea-lanes provided the logistical arteries for British and subsequent Allied armies fighting on the three continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Land forces ultimately won World War II, but the battles at sea fundamentally altered the balance of military power on the ground.

Author : J. Levy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230511569

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The Royal Navy's Home Fleet in World War 2 by J. Levy Pdf

This book marks the first comprehensive history of Britain's naval bulwark, the Home Fleet. It illuminates the vital role that fleet played in preserving Britain as a base of operations against Hitler. We see portrayed the hard days of blockade, patrol, and battle that encompassed the Home Fleet's war. And we see how that war was made harder by weaknesses at the Admiralty and by the damaging interference of the Minister of Defence - Winston Churchill.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781805000723

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The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1940–1943 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jack Greene; Alessandro Massignani
Publisher : Copyright © Jack Greene and Alessandro Massignani 2002
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781805000716

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The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1940-1943 by Jack Greene; Alessandro Massignani Pdf

This book is essential reading for all those interested in one of the major naval theaters of the Second World War.

Author : Brian E. Walter
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781636241098

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Blue Water War by Brian E. Walter Pdf

A complete history of naval combat in the Mediterranean and North African campaigns throughout WWII. In the early summer of 1940, the Kingdom of Italy joined with Nazi Germany by challenging Britain for dominance in the Mediterranean region. With France on the verge of collapse and Britain facing imminent invasion, the Italians seized upon a rare opportunity to re-establish control. Heavily outnumbered, the British Mediterranean Fleet and its ground and air forces braced for a long and bloody conflict. Blue Water War tells the story of this epic struggle. The fighting across the Mediterranean and Middle East was waged at differing times against the combined forces of Italy, Germany and Vichy France over a wide area stretching from the coastal waters of Southern Europe to Madagascar and from Africa’s Atlantic coast to the Persian Gulf. Utilizing a variety of weapons including warships, submarines, and aircraft along with sizable merchant fleets, the British and their subsequent American partners maintained vital lines of communication, conducted numerous amphibious landings, interdicted Axis supply activities and eventually eliminated Axis maritime power within the theater. In turn, these actions facilitated multiple Allied victories that helped secure the defeat of the European Axis.

Author : Frank Wade
Publisher : Trafford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 1412070694

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A Midshipman's War by Frank Wade Pdf

The World War II Mediterranean sea battles are not well known. Many of our ships were sunk, but Malta was saved. North Africa was cleared and Sicily taken in 1943.

Author : David Rolf
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473897052

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The Bloody Road to Tunis by David Rolf Pdf

As the Afrika Korps withdrew after a bruising defeat at El Alamein, it became apparent that Axis forces would not be able to maintain their hold over Libya. Rommel pulled his troops back to Tunisia, digging in along the Mareth Line, and turned westwards t