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A Home on the Rolling Main
A Naval Memoir 1940-1946
From first joining the Royal Navy in 1940 until the end of the campaign against Japan, Tony Ditcham was in the front line of the naval war. After brief service in the battlecruiser Renown off Norway and against the Italians, he went into destroyers and saw action in most European theatres – against S-boats and aircraft in ‘bomb alley’ off ...
Available Formats: Softcover
The Gathering Storm
"The Naval War in Northern Europe, September 1939-April 1940"
This is a superb survey of the fierce naval struggles, from 1939 up to the invasion of the Norway in April 1940. Beginning with the sinking of the German fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919, it then covers the rebuilding of the Kriegsmarine and parallel developments in the Royal Navy, and in the European navies. Focusing on the actions at ...
Available Formats: Hardcover