The fact of the 1943 killing of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and mastermind of the Pearl Harbor attack of December ..
Tag: history
Like its subject, this book is not to be trifled with. It is massive and heavy and not for the weak. Comprising 350 large format, thick pages, it must be read on a desk ..
This excellent book comprises a fascinating collection of ten high-quality essays that brilliantly describe some of the lesser known aspects of the naval side of World ..
Norwegian media reports that the wreckage of a German warship dating back to World War II has been found off the coast of Kristiansand. The ship has been identified as ..
This is a true story about a sea-going parrot. His name was Rocky and he sailed on the ANL’s Yarra River on the Weipa to Gladstone run in the 1970s. Never one to ruffle ..
Most readers of this review would have read at least one of the many books that have been published to describe the huge and very important World War II Battle of Leyte ..
Similar in format and approach to the recently reviewed The Sea and the Second World War, this excellent book is similarly interesting and thought provoking. Comprising a ..
A German submarine from World War I has been surveyed for the first time since its loss in 1917. Sophisticated scanning techniques and deep-sea video footage have ..
On opening this book your reviewer thought, “Ho hum, yet another dreary rehash of the Bass and Flinders story”. Fortunately, he was wrong, very wrong. It takes a ..
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