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  • Naval Policy Between the Wars, Volume II

    The Period of Reluctant Rearmament, 1930–1939

    by Stephen Roskill ...
    First published in 1968 and 1976, the two volumes of this work still constitute the only authoritative study of the broad geo-political, economic and strategic factors behind the inter-war development of the Royal Navy and, to a great extent, that of its principal rival, the United States Navy. Roskill conceived the work as a peacetime equivalent of the official naval histories, filling the gap ... Read more

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  • Naval Policy Between the Wars, Volume I

    The Period of Anglo-American Antagonism, 1919–1929

    by Stephen Roskill ...
    First published in 1968 and 1976, the two volumes of this work still constitute the only authoritative study of the broad geo-political, economic and strategic factors behind the inter-war development of the Royal Navy and, to a great extent, that of its principal rival, the United States Navy. Roskill conceived the work as a peacetime equivalent of the official naval histories, filling the gap ... Read more

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  • Churchill and the Admirals

    by Stephen Roskill ...
    Series series Pen & Sword Military Classics
    The classic history about Winston Churchill's role as a strategist in both World Wars and his misuse of sea power."A massively thought-provoking book. . . . Roskill's book gives us an excellent and authoritative insight into Churchill as a leader, and serves as an excellent antidote to the modern tendency to worship him blindly. . . . Roskill has a highbrow but entirely readable style, and despite ... Read more

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  • Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty: The Last Naval Hero

    An Intimate Biography

    by Stephen Roskill ...
    Admiral Beatty was beyond doubt the best known fighting Admiral, perhaps the best known military leader, of the First World War. His conduct at Heligoland Bight and Dogger Bank, and later at Jutland, caught the public imagination, while his role as Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet in taking into custody the German High Sea Fleet in November 1918 associated him with perhaps the most tangible ... Read more

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  • The Secret Capture

    U-110 and the Enigma Story

    by Stephen Roskill ...
    "A real-life Boy's Own escapade, telling the absorbing story about the capture of U-boat 110 in May 1941 by the Royal Navy." — Defense Focus MagazineFor fifteen years after the end of the war, all official Admiralty records showed the German submarine U-110 as sunk on nine May 1941 by the surface escorts of convoy OB.318. As this book was th... ... Read more

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  • Churchill Warrior

    How a Military Life Guided Winston's Finest Hours

    by Brian Lavery ...
    A "truly exceptional" account of how Churchill's experiences in the armed forces helped him lead Britain to victory in World War II ( Booklist).No defense minister in modern times has faced the challenges that Winston Churchill did during the Second World War. Fortunately, he had a unique and intimate inside knowledge of all three services, which allowed him to assess their real needs—a crucial ... Read more

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  • Jutland

    The Unfinished Battle

    by Nicholas Jellicoe ...
    **"A compelling, dramatic account of the Royal Navy's last great sea battle." —Robert K. Massie, Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times–bestselling author of DreadnoughtMore than a century later, historians still argue about this controversial and misunderstood World War I naval battle off the coast of Denmark. It was the twentieth century's first engagement of dreadnoughts—and while it left ... Read more

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  • The Battle of Britain

    Dowding and the First Victory, 1940

    by John Ray ...
    July 1940: as Britain stood alone, the Army exhausted and defeated by the Wehrmacht and the Roval Navy, stretched worldwide, only the English Channel and the RAF remained between Britain and the expected German invasion. But the Luftwaffe's ill-prepared and last-minute assault on the RAF was met by a carefully planned system of fighter intervention, the defensive strategy devised by Hugh Dowding, ... Read more

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  • Fromelles 1916

    by Paul Cobb ...
    At Fromelles in July 1916 two divisions – one British and one Australian – within a few weeks of arriving in France – went into action for the first time. Their task was to prevent the Germans from moving troops to the Somme where a major British offensive was in progress, but the attack on 19/20 July was a disaster with nearly 7,000 casualties in a few hours. This account explores this battle ... Read more

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  • VCs of the First World War: Western Front 1915

    by Peter F. Batchelor, Christopher Matson ...
    Series series VCs of the First World War
    The predictions of the war 'being over by Christmas' turned out to be far from the truth. By January 1915 the British Expeditionary Force found themselves trapped in the murderous stalemate of trench warfare. British troops had suffered badly in the early campaigns and by January 1915 were holding some 30 miles of trench. The year 1915 was to witness some of the bloodiest and bitter battles of the ... Read more

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  • VCs of the First World War: 1914

    by Gerald Gliddon ...
    Series series VCs of the First World War
    During the opening four months of the First World War no fewer than forty-six soldiers from the British and Commonwealth armies were awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest award for gallantry. In a series of biographies, Gerald Gliddon examines the men and the dramatic events that led to the award of this most coveted of medals and explores the post-war experiences of those who survived. ... Read more

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  • Norway 1940

    Chronicle of a Chaotic Campaign

    by Harry Plevy ...
    Ostensibly fought for control of Swedish iron ore to Germany, the Norwegian campaign made an important but largely overlooked contribution to the conduct of the Second World War. It convincingly proved the supremacy of air power in modern warfare and, particularly, the vulnerability of land and sea forces to sustained undefended air assault. It was the first conflict in which one side, the Germans ... Read more

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