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Lovely collection of black and white photos of British warships with most dated on each page. Most are post world war II. This is a hardback copy of this title.
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Lovely collection of black and white photos of British warships with most dated on each page. Most are post world war II. This is a hardback copy of this title.
Author=Mike Critchley
Pages=c160
Published=
Book Condtion=Ex public library book.library stamps.generally excellent condition
| Weight | 595 g |
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The author describes this as not a Naval History, but a History of the British Navy. He looks at the vessels from Round Ship to Battleship, Officers, Men and Managmement, and in the final section Weapons, Tactics and battles. Each section has a further contents page which introduces the differing topics covered. 69 Black and white photos and illustrations
Since he was in charge of the amphibious operations in the Falklands War, it goes without saying that there is no one better qualified to tell the story of that aspect of the campaign than Commodore Michael Clapp. Here he describes, with considerable candour, some of the problems met in a Navy racing to war and finding it necessary to recreate a largely abandoned operational technique in a somewhat ad hoc fashion. During the time it took to go south some sense of order was imposed and a not very well defined command structure evolved, this was not done without generating a certain amount of friction. He tells of why San Carlos Water was chosen for the assault and the subsequent inshore operations. Michael Clapp and his small staff made their stand an can claim a major role in the defeat of the Argentine Air and Land Forces.
Tracks the Navy’s metamorphosis with dramatic first-person testimonies from those involved in some of the greatest British naval operations of the twentieth century: the Battle of Jutland in 1916 in which Britain lost 5,672 men, the epic campaigns of World War II and into modern times .
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