Книга на английском языке from the launching of la gloire to the emergence of modern turreted battleships in 1875, this book offers a fascinating insight into continental europe's innovative and powerful ironclads. in november 1859, the french "ironclad" la gloire was...
Книга на английском языке the tiny new state of the united provinces of the netherlands won its independence from the mighty spanish empire by fighting and winning the eighty years' war, from 1568 and 1648. in this long conflict, warfare on water played a much bigger role in...
Книга на английском языке fully illustrated with stunning artwork, chinese ironclad battleship vs japanese protected cruiser is the engrossing story of the yalu river campaign, where chinese and japanese warships fought for control of korea. the 1894–95 war between china...
Книга на английском языке a superbly illustrated examination of how the us navy's most powerful fleet fought the vietnam war, covering all of its elements from aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers to minesweepers and oilers. the us navy's seventh fleet was at the forefront...
Книга на английском языке at the outbreak of world war i austria-hungary had four modern light cruisers and twenty modern destroyers at their disposal, constructed in the early 20th century to defend their growing overseas interests. it was these fast light vessels, not the...
Книга на английском языке republican rome’s navy originated from the clash of the 3rd century bc mediterranean superpowers, when carthage was the master of the western mediterranean at sea, and the young roman res publica had already conquered the italian peninsula. on the...
Книга на английском языке the humiliating ottoman defeats in the italo-turkish war of 1911 and the first balkan war of 1912-13 and poor performance of the small ottoman fleet compelled the new ottoman leadership to embark on naval expansion of some manner. the old “sick...
Книга на английском языке the roman empire was not only built by the strength of the legions but also by a navy that was the most powerful maritime force ever to have existed. it was only the existence of the fleet that secured the trade routes and maintained the...
Книга на английском языке when the imperial japanese navy destroyed russia's battle fleet during the russo-japanese war, it marked the emergence of japan as one of the world's major naval powers. japan's navy had been built up over just two decades, with the ijn acquiring a...
Книга на английском языке this book examines all the us navy heavy cruisers built during and after world war ii. this includes the largest class of heavy cruisers ever built, the 14-ship baltimore class. of these, only seven were commissioned in time to see service during...
Издание на английском языке the launch of hms dreadnought in 1906 changed the face of naval warfare. this revolutionary new battleship was in a league of her own, capable of taking on any two "pre-dreadnought" battleships in a straight fight. a naval arms race followed...
Издание на английском языке the book a historical overview of the development and evolution of ironclad warships leading up to and during the american civil war. it highlights key figures, such as monsieur de montgery, robert fulton, and commodore matthew perry, and...
Издание на английском языке the book tells about the actions of the german battle cruisers scharnhorst and gneisenau in the atlantic during the second world war. under the command of admiral lutyens, they attacked merchant ships, avoiding collisions with british warships....
Издание на английском языке the book tells about the development of the royal navy of great britain from the end of the first world war through the interwar years and up to the second world war. she describes how, after the war, britain had the largest fleet in the world,...
Издание на английском языке the book focuses on the role of the dominions of the british empire, such as australia, canada and new zealand, in naval defense and military operations during the first and second world wars. at the beginning of the 20th century, the british...
Издание на английском языке this book provides a detailed account of the most important events in the naval war of world war ii, particularly the battle of the barents sea and operations in the arctic. it covers strategic operations, the role of convoys, combat...
Издание на английском языке today, [url00-01026789]hms belfast[/url00-01026789] is an important example of our nation’s cultural heritage. she is moored in the heart, in the pool, of london, positioned close by those other hallmarks of british history, the tower of...
Книга на английском языке while not as famous as their larger and faster sister ships such as the essex- and yorktown-class carriers, escort carriers made an enormous contribution towards allied victory both in the pacific and atlantic theaters. rather than relying on size...
Книга на английском языке this is the fully-illustrated story of the royal navy's escort carriers which battled against deadly u-boats during the battle of the atlantic, giving vital air cover to the convoys that kept britain alive in world war ii. in 1941, as the battle of...
Книга на английском языке this fully illustrated study examines the us's first six battleships, a story of political compromises, clean sheet designs, operational experience, and experimental improvements. these ships directly inspired the creation of an embryonic american...
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