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  • Royal Navy Submarines

    1901 to the Present Day

    This is a must-buy for the Royal Navy and Submarine enthusiast, being a complete directory of RN submarines from the outset to the present day. There is a wealth of detail on each class. Every entry contains the specification, launch dates of individual boats, details of evolving construction and armament and other salient information in a compact form.The high quality of the drawings of the ... Leer más

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  • British Battleships 1939–45 (1)

    Queen Elizabeth and Royal Sovereign Classes

    de Angus Konstam ...
    Series Libro 154 - New Vanguard
    With the outbreak of World War II, Britain's Royal Navy and her fleet of battleships would be at the forefront of her defence.Yet ten of the 12 battleships were already over 20 years old, having served in World War I, and required extensive modifications to allow them to perform a vital service throughout the six long years of conflict. Angus Konstam offers a comprehensive review of the ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Through a Canadian Periscope

    The Story of the Canadian Submarine Service

    A comprehensive history of Canada’s submarine service and the people who have served in it.Through a Canadian Periscope’s second edition celebrates the story of the Canadian submarine service on the occasion of its centenary in 2014.Created in 1914, at the beginning of World War I, Canada’s submarine force has overcome repeated attempts to sink it since then. Surprise, controversy, political ... Leer más

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  • Jutland, 1916

    Death in the Grey Wastes

    Dramatic, illustrated account of the biggest naval battle of the First World War.On 31 May, 1916, the great battle fleets of Britain and Germany met off Jutland in the North Sea. It was a climactic encounter, the culmination of a fantastically expensive naval race between the two countries, and expectations on both sides were high. For the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet, there was the chance to win ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • British Heavy Cruisers 1939–45

    de Angus Konstam ...
    Series Libro 190 - New Vanguard
    The idea of a heavy cruiser emerged in the aftermath of World War I, and was closely linked to the limits set by the inter-war Washington Naval Treaty.The pre-World War I concept of armoured cruisers had been abandoned, but in their stead the Admiralty saw a place for powerful cruisers, able to patrol the sea lanes of the British Empire, and which were well-armed enough that they could destroy ... Leer más

    $15.19 USD

  • Naval Firepower

    Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnought Era

    An in-depth history of naval battleship firepower from before World War I to the end of World War II, by America's leading naval analyst.For more than half a century, the big gun was the arbiter of naval power, but it was useless if it could not hit the target fast and hard enough to prevent the enemy doing the same. Because the naval gun platform was itself in motion, finding a "firing solution" ... Leer más

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  • Ordeal by Exocet

    HMS Glamorgan and the Falklands War 1982

    de Ian Inskip ...
    HMS Glamorgan was in the thick of the fighting throughout the war. Her role for most of the time was that of an expendable escort and she became the only ship to survive an Exocet hit. Incorporating vivid firsthand accounts and illustrated with photographs, the book also portrays the daily life of an escort under wartime conditions and describes only too clearly the tension, fear, storm, cold, ... Leer más

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  • British Light Cruisers 1939–45

    de Angus Konstam ...
    Series Libro 194 - New Vanguard
    The light cruiser was a natural development of the sailing frigate – a fast multi-purpose warship that could patrol the sea lanes, protect convoys and scout for enemy battle fleets.By the inter-war period the need for this type of ship was even more important, given the increasing need for protection from aircraft, and the need to screen the fleet from submarines or destroyers. Wartime experience ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • The Last Big Gun

    At War & At Sea with HMS Belfast

    de Brian Lavery ...
    As she lay in dry dock, devastatingly damaged by one of Hitler’s newly deployed magnetic mines after barely two months in service, few could have predicted the illustrious career that lay ahead for the cruiser HMS Belfast. After three years of repairs to her broken keel, engine- and boiler-rooms, and extensive refitting, she would go on to play a critical role in the protection of the Arctic ... Leer más

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  • Chieftain Main Battle Tank 1965–2003

    de Simon Dunstan ...
    Series Libro 80 - New Vanguard
    The concept of the Main Battle Tank emerged from the Centurion Universal tank that was developed at the end of World War II.Development of its successor began as early as 1951. The Chieftain incorporated significant innovations including a reclining driver position and two-piece ammunition for greater survivability. The tank entered service in 1967 and was the heaviest armed and armoured MBT ... Leer más

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  • Cromwell Cruiser Tank 1942–50

    Series Libro 104 - New Vanguard
    For most of World War II, British tank development remained faithful to the design philosophy inaugurated during World War I.Experiences in North Africa highlighted flaws in this basic design, however, and the General Staff identified the need for a new heavy cruiser that could combine speed and manoeuvrability with increased armour and armament. The Cromwell Cruiser tank was designed as a result ... Leer más

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  • British Tanks: The Second World War

    de Pat Ware ...
    Series series Images of War
    Perhaps the British did not produce the most successful tanks of the Second World War, but they certainly designed an extraordinary range of light, medium and heavy tanks along with many that were adapted for special purposes. This fascinating variety of military machinery is recorded in Pat Wares photographic history. Using a selection of wartime photographs—supported by some modern photographs ... Leer más

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