In early 1775, when the American Revolutionary War commenced, the Royal Navy was suffering severely from cut backs following the Seven Years War with the French and their ..
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For most of the 1930s, Winston Churchill was an intensely frustrated man. He clearly saw the perils inherent in the rise of Hitler and Mussolini and was very wary of ..
The keel of the future USS John Basilone, a US Navy guided missile destroyer, was laid at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works’ (BIW) shipyard on Friday, January 10. ..
Another in the excellent Kagero Publishing series of detailed reviews of famous historic warships. This first rate publication describes the large, fast and potentially ..
The small, five month, slice of the much wider Second World War described in this fine book was a hyperactive one. It saw dramatic changes in the chess board of the war ..
It is no wonder that modern navies have trouble recruiting submarine crews. If any potential recruit submariner were to read this account of relentless hunting of Nazi ..
This little book, one of the Casemate Short History series, offers a comprehensive overview of the US Marine Corps, past, present and future. It also strongly reinforces ..
Acting US Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly named a future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier in honour of World War II hero US Navy Ship’s Cook 3rd Class ..
One of the Casemate Illustrated series, this is excellent, easy to read history. Replete with first-rate illustrations, this book makes history come alive. As is ..
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