A fascinating collection of photographs from the archives of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, the Imperial War Museum, the Storico Navale in Venice, and private collections gives a graphic view of life in British submarines. The story follows the submarine's vital role over the past 100 years—submarines that range from the tiny Holland class, designed in Queen Victoria's reign, to ...
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HM Submarines in Camera
"An Illustrated History of British Submarines, 1901-1996"
Available Formats: Hardcover
Marine Navigation
"Piloting and Celestial and Electronic Navigation, 4th Edition"
The standard navigation textbook at the U.S. Naval Academy and NROTC college programs for twenty-five years, this highly regarded reference has trained more than two generations of students on the practice of marine navigation in the U.S. Navy. All aspects of duties, practices, and responsibilities of the Navy surface navigator at sea are covered. Long praised for its clarity and ...
Available Formats: Hardcover
One Hundred Days
The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander
Written by the man who masterminded the British victory in the Falklands, this engrossing memoir chronicles events in the spring of 1982 following Argentina's takeover of the South Atlantic islands. Adm. Sandy Woodward, a brilliant military tactician, presents a complete picture of the British side of the battle. From the defeat of the Argentine air forces to the sinking of ...
Available Formats: Softcover
Wolf
U-Boat Commander in World War II
Cultivated by the Allied press during the war and fostered by movies and novels ever since, the image of a U-boat skipper held by most Americans is the personification of evil: the wolf who stalks innocents. Quite the opposite image is shared by U-boat veterans and others sympathetic to their work: the knight who endures unrivaled danger and fights nobly ...
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