Tag: Navies

On Seas Contested The Seven Great Navies of the Second World War


Free Download Vincent P. O’Hara, W. David Dickson, Richard Worth – On Seas Contested: The Seven Great Navies of the Second World War
Naval Institute Press | 2010 | ISBN: 1591146461 | English | 360 pages | PDF | 110.34 MB
An international team of naval historians and scholars, including John Jordan (France), Peter Schenk with Karsten Klein, Dr. Axel Niestle, Dieter Thomaier and Berndt R. Wenzel (Germany), David Wragg (Great Britain), Enrico Cernuschi and Vincent O’Hara (Italy) Mark Peattie (Japan), Trent Hone (United States) and Stephen McLaughliln (USSR) has pooled their expertise for this definitive reference on how the great navies of World War II were organized and how they trained, operated, and fought. They provide a point-by-point evaluation on the inner workings of the navies of the United States, the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, Japan, Germany, Italy, France, and the Soviet Union. Each navy has its own chapter, which covers such key features as weaponry, training, logistics, and doctrine. In bringing together data buried in specialized works in various languages, the authors deliver a fresh, multinational view of the naval war.

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Struggle for the Middle Sea the great navies at war in the Mediterranean theater, 1940-1945


Free Download Struggle for the Middle Sea : the great navies at war in the Mediterranean theater, 1940-1945 By O & #39;Hara, Vincent
2009 | 324 Pages | ISBN: 1612514081 | EPUB | 10 MB
The Mediterranean Sea was the most intensely contested body of water in World War II. As the maritime crossroads where Europe, Asia, and Africa meet, more major naval actions were fought in the Mediterranean than in the Atlantic or Pacific. Despite its importance, remarkably little has been written about the subject, and what exists is largely one-sided and outdated. This fresh study of the naval war in the Mediterranean analyzes the actions and performances of the five major navies British, Italian, French, German, and American during the entire five-year campaign and objectively examine.

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