Scottish artist George Plante did not enter World War II as an artist but as a volunteer radio operator in the British merchant fleet. There he spent more than two years engaged in the long-running and fierce Battle of the Atlantic, splitting his time between Britain and the United States. But while dodging U-boats and battling the elements, he also ...
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Painting War
George Plante's Combat Art in World War II
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Allied Coastal Forces of World War II
Volume II: Vosper MTBs and US Elcos
Allied Coastal Forces, now a recognized classic work first published in 1990, remains the only publication to deal comprehensively—in words, photographs, and drawings—with the technical detail of motor torpedo boats, PT boats, motor gunboats, launches, and submarine chasers. This second volume covers sixteen Vosper MTB designs and the US 70ft, 77ft and 80ft ELCO designs.
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Seaforth World Naval Review 2020
Now moving into its second decade, Seaforth World Naval Review 2020 provides an affordable yet authoritative summary of global naval developments over the past twelve months. Regional surveys of fleet evolution and procurement by editor Conrad Waters are supplemented by in-depth articles from a range of subject experts focusing on significant new warships, technological advances, and specific navies.
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