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War at Sea
The Royal Navy's strategy in the Second World War, just as it had been in the Great War, was to protect the British Isles from attack, to keep the islands vital sea supply lanes open and to maintain communication with the far-flung British Empire and Allied forces fighting in distant theatres. From the early sinking of the pocket battleship Graf Spee in December 1939, through the Norway campaign, the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, and the sinking of the Bismarck in 1941, the senior service more than played its part. It was aided by technological development such as the development of radar and Asdic, the echo sounding device for detecting submarines. Indeed, its greatest challenge lay under the waves, in countering and finally defeating the U-boat threat to our crucial food imports in the Battle of the Atlantic. Meanwhile, the loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse to Japanese bombers, and the Battle of Midway in which Japan lost three Aircraft Carriers to the US, sounded the death knell for a century and a half of Britain's maritime supremacy. Even so, she ended the war still possessing by far the world's largest fleet.
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HUNTING THE BISMARCK
Product Code: 12595
Meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated account of the naval battle that opened with the Bismarck sinking HMS Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy - and ended with the Bismarck herself a crippled, flaming wreck as the Navy took its terrible revenge.,
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YANAGI: The Secret Underwater Trade between German & Japan 1942-1945
Product Code: 10849
An intriguing and previously unknown aspect of the Second World War is thoroughly uncovered in this fascinating book - the secret undersea trade in war material carried out between the far-flung Axis allies Germany Japan and Italy. Exciting and fascinating naval history at its very best.
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CHATHAM’S WEAPONS OF DESPERATION
German Frogmen and Midget Submarines of WW2
Product Code: 12473
As the Third Reich headed for its inevitable destruction, German ingenuity in the naval field turned to unconventional weapons midget submarines, radio-controlled explosive boats, and various forms of underwater sabotage. Inspired by Italian, and later British successes with human torpedoes and X...
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CHATHAM’S U-BOAT WAR PATROL: The Hidden Photographic Diary of U-564
Product Code: 9695
This book is unique in that it illustrates a complete U-boat patrol and provides a new insight into life aboard.Taken during the summer of 1942 by an onboard war correspondent, the photographs show U-564 in actiion in the Atlantic and Caribbean under the command of the famous Reinhard ‘Teddy’ Suh...
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DVD - Victory at Sea
Product Code: D83028
Winner of 12 Major awards, this stirring documentary series, chronicles World War 2 Naval operations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The programme features action footage obtained from Allied and Axis government filmed vaults and was first aired on NBC in 1952. Richard Rogers supplied the ori...
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DESTRUCTION OF THE BISMARCK
Product Code: 12423
A definitive, moment by moment account of battleship Bismarck’s last stand when - crippled by a torpedo dropped by an antique Swordfish biplane, - she was sunk by an armada of British ships thirsting for revenge after the sinking of HMS Hood.
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