The Second World War. / 3, : The war at sea / / Philip D. Grove, Mark J. Grove, and Alistair Finlan.

This volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theaters of combat: the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. The war at sea was a critical contest, as sea-lanes provided the logistical arteries for British and subsequent Allied armies fighting on the three continents of Afric...

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Superior document:Essential histories
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Place / Publishing House:London : : Routledge,, 2003.
Year of Publication:2003
Edition:1st edition.
Language:English
Series:Fālūjī, Farīd. Mawsūʻat al-Ḥarb al-ʻĀlamīyah al-Thānīyah ; v.3.
Essential histories.
Physical Description:1 online resource (121 p.)
Notes:Originally published: Oxford : Osprey Pub. Ltd., 2002-2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Essential Histories The Second World War (3): The war at sea; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Chronology; Background to war The Second World War; Warring sides Reluctant adversaries; Outbreak Opening moves; The fighting Across the world's seas; Portrait of a sailor Peter Herbert Owen, Royal Navy midshipman; The world around war The impact of war; Portrait of a civilian John Delaney-Nash, merchant mariner; How the war ended The German fleet is scuttled; Conclusion and consequences The price of admiralty; Further reading; Index