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Book on the Royal Navy, its power and the future of the Royal Navy. The author was a serving officer with experience of forward defence planning on the central staff of the Ministry of Defence.
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Book on the Royal Navy, its power and the future of the Royal Navy. The author was a serving officer with experience of forward defence planning on the central staff of the Ministry of Defence.
Author=Rear Admiral J.R. Hill
Pages=144
Published=1982
Book Condtion=Ex public library book.library plate and stamp.generally excellent condition
| Weight | 950 g |
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Reminiscences of a Naval Office. Inc. much of WWI interest. Life beehind the scenes in the Royal Navy in the early part of the 20th century.
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 .
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.
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