Tag: Navy

US Navy 1945 to the Present


Free Download Paul Silverstone – US Navy 1945 to the Present
Arms & Armour Press | 1991 | ISBN: 0853689210 | English | 100 pages | PDF | 113.82 MB
Culled from official and private sources this photo collection represents a visual record of the vessels which have been at the forefront of postwar design and technological advance in the navy which has seen more operational duty than any other.

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The Japanese Navy in World War II In the Words of Former Japanese Naval Officers, Second Edition


Free Download The Japanese Navy in World War II: In the Words of Former Japanese Naval Officers, Second Edition by David C. Evans
English | February 15, 2017 | ISBN: 1591145686 | 592 pages | EPUB | 8.27 Mb
First published in 1986 and lauded by historians and World War II buffs eager for the Japanese viewpoint, this collection of essays makes significant contributions to the field of World War II literature. In it, top-ranking Japanese officers offer their personal perspectives of the Pacific War. This second edition adds five articles to the original twelve to present a full picture of the Japanese navy’s role in the war.

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Royal Navy Battleships 1895-1946


Free Download W.D.G. Blundell – Royal Navy Battleships 1895-1946
Almark Publications | 1973 | ISBN: 0855240938 | English | 100 pages | PDF | 86.53 MB
A detailed reference book covering the final fifty years of battleship development in the Royal Navy, including both World War periods.

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Tempest The Royal Navy and the Age of Revolutions [Audiobook]


Free Download James Davey, Philip Battley (Narrator), "Tempest: The Royal Navy and the Age of Revolutions"
English | ASIN: B0CPNJNM45 | 2023 | M4B@64 kbps | ~11:45:00 | 353 MB
A major new history of the Royal Navy during the tumultuous age of revolution
The French Revolutionary Wars catapulted Britain into a conflict against a new enemy: Republican France. Britain relied on the Royal Navy to protect its shores and empire, but as radical ideas about rights and liberty spread across the globe, it could not prevent the spirit of revolution from reaching its ships.

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Sailors on the Rocks Famous Royal Navy Shipwrecks


Free Download Sailors on the Rocks: Famous Royal Navy Shipwrecks by Peter C. Smith
English | January 31st, 2016 | ISBN: 1783400625 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 15.09 MB
For three hundred years or more the Royal Navy really did "Rule the Waves", in the sense that during the numerous wars with our overseas enemies, British fleets and individual ships more often than not emerged victorious from combat. One French Admiral was to generously acknowledge that the Royal Navy possessed, "a tradition of victory." And yet, in every other way, the waves were never ruled by any maritime power. Great fleets might wax and wane, ships grow ever more complex and powerful, but the sea, the eternally cruel sea, was always to have the final say.

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Weapons of the Navy SEALs


Free Download Fred J. Pushies – Weapons of the Navy SEALs
MBI Publishing | 2004 | ISBN: 0760317909 | English | 136 pages | PDF | 151.21 MB
Details all the weapons, vehicles, gear and high-tech gadgets the SEALs use in their operations. Photographs show SEALs utilizing weapons, watercraft, aircraft, SCUBA equipment in live-action exercises, bringing the reader into the midst of the action.

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