The Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo has investigated the wrecks of two ships that sank with a total of over 16,000 lives lost during World War II. Echo has been on operat ..
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This is an excellent book that is excitingly written and brilliantly explained by way of historical facts and technical, political and geographic details. One of the best ..
The first volume of the trilogy of which this is the second was excellent. This volume is, if anything, even better. Brilliantly researched and enhanced by numerous perso ..
Another fine little book from the prolific Osprey Publishing, this time, however, under the trademark of Shire Publications. Whatever the reason for that, it is very much ..
This excellent book is one of the new breed of World War II histories that incorporate substantial comment from some of the few remaining participants in that war. It als ..
US Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite has confirmed that two future US Navy Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines will be named USS Tang and USS Waho ..
“When the Deities protect you, it is possible to cross the ocean on a plank of wood. Without their help, you may drown in a wayside ditch.” – Chinese pr ..
All my life I have been taught that we have an obligation to go to the assistance of people in distress at sea, provided we do not risk the lives of our own crew in doing ..
It is difficult to reconcile the content of this book with the gutted shells of Soviet-era submarines that this reviewer observed around the creeks and backwaters of the ..
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