Seventy-five years after the end of the Second World War the details of Soviet ships, their activities and fates remain an enigma to the West. In wartime such information was classified and after a brief period of glasnost (“openness”) the Russian state has again restricted access to historical archives. Therefore, the value – and originality – of this work is ...
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Warships of the Soviet Fleets, 1939-1945, Volume III
Naval Auxiliaries
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Two Navies Divided
The British and United States Navies in the Second World War
The title is derived from George Bernard Shaw’s comment that “England and America are two countries divided by a common language.” It is not intended to imply that the two navies were seriously at odds with one another, but rather to suggest, as in the case of language, that common roots and usages varied significantly. And World War II is ...
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The Ship of Line
A History in Ship Models
The Ship of the Line takes the best models from the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich to tell the story of the evolution of the ship of the line, known as the capital ship and epitome of British sea power during its heyday from 1650–1850. This period coincided with the golden age of ship modeling. Each volume depicts over one ...
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Empire of the Seas
How the Navy Forged the Modern World
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For four centuries the Royal Navy made Britain the most powerful nation on earth—the true ruler of the waves. But its impact goes far beyond battles on the high seas. This lavishly illustrated tie-in to a major BBC series follows the progress of the Royal Navy ...
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