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  • The Heroic Record of the British Navy: A Short History of the Naval War, 1914-1918

    by Sir Henry Howarth Bashford & Archibald Hurd ...
    It was early on the morning of July 20, 1914, that a couple of guests, who had courteously been invited to be present in the gunboat Niger for the King's inspection of the Fleet, made their way through the sleeping streets toward Portsmouth Dockyard. There were to be no manoeuvres this year since, as had already been announced in March, a test mobilization of the Third Fleet was to take their ... Read more

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  • The Heroic Record of the British Navy

    A Short History of the Naval War, 1914-1918

    by Henry Howarth Bashford, Archibald Hurd ...
    Example in this ebookIn the years immediately preceding the Great War, already so hard to reconstruct, it was not uncommonly suggested that the British seafaring instinct had begun to decline. In our professional navy most thinkers had confidence, as in a splendid machine ably manned; but, as regarded the population as a whole, it was feared that modern industrialism was sapping the old sea-love. ... Read more

    $2.08 CAD

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  • Decision at Sea

    Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History

    by Craig L. Symonds ...
    From thunderous broadsides traded between wooden sailing ships on Lake Erie, to the carrier battles of World War II, to the devastating high-tech action in the Persian Gulf, here is a gripping history of five key battles that defined the evolution of naval warfare--and the course of the American nation. Acclaimed military historian Craig Symonds offers spellbinding narratives of crucial ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

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  • The Grand Scuttle

    The Sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919

    by Dan van der Vat ...
    A true account of a unique event in naval history from "a superb storyteller" ( Northern Mariner).On June 21, 1919, the German High Seas Fleet, one of the most formidable ever built, was deliberately sent to the bottom of the sea at the British Grand Fleet's principal anchorage at Orkney by its own officers and men.The Grand Scuttle became a folk legend in both Germany and Britain. However, few ... Read more

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  • H.M.S. Rodney

    Warships of the Royal Navy

    by Iain Ballantyne ...
    The biography of a British battleship, from an author with " a facility for rendering nonfiction into a narrative as brisk and readable as a novel" ( HistoryNet).The Second World War battleship HMS Rodney achieved lasting fame for her role in destroying the pride of Hitler's navy, the mighty Bismarck, in a thrilling duel. The Rodney, carrying the largest guns ever mounted in a British warship, ... Read more

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  • The Battle for Leyte Gulf

    The Incredible Story of World War II's Largest Naval Battle

    by C. Vann Woodward ...
    A New York Times Best Seller!Pulitzer-Prize-winner and bestselling author C. Vann Woodward recreates the gripping account of the battle for Leyte Gulf-the greatest naval battle of World War II and the largest engagement ever fought on the high seas. For the Japanese, it represented their supreme effort; they committed to action virtually every operational fighting ship on the lists of the Imperial ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Harbors and High Seas

    An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian

    by Dean King, John B. Hattendorf ...
    This companion for fans of the Napoleonic sea sagas offers maps of the novels' streets, seas, and coasts, and much more.The tall-masted sailing ships of the early nineteenth century were the technological miracles of their day, allowing their crews to traverse the seas with greater speed than had ever been possible before. Novelist Patrick O'Brian captured the thrill of that era with his ... Read more

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  • US Submarines 1941–45

    by Jim Christley ...
    Series Book 118 - New Vanguard
    Naval warfare in the Pacific changed completely with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.The strategic emphasis shifted from battleships to much more lethal, far-ranging weapons systems; one of these was the submarine. This book details the design and development, classes, weapons and equipment, tactics and operational history of the US submarine in World War II.Detailed tables, ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • 1812

    The Navy's War

    by George C Daughan ...
    At the outbreak of the War of 1812, America's prospects looked dismal. It was clear that the primary battlefield would be the open ocean -- but America's war fleet, only twenty ships strong, faced a practiced British navy of more than a thousand men-of-war. Still, through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado, the American navy managed to take the fight to the British and turn the ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • A Leader Born

    The Life of Admiral John Sidney McCain, Pacific Carrier Commander

    by Alton Keith Gilbert ...
    This biography of one of World War II's great military leaders is a "rich tribute to a staunch American naval hero" ( WWII Quarterly).John S. "Slew" McCain was an old-school sailor. Wiry, profane, a cusser, and a gambler, he reminded more than one observer of Popeye. He was also a pioneer in the hard-hitting naval tactics that brought Imperial Japan to its knees.McCain graduated from Annapolis in ... Read more

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  • A History of the Royal Navy

    Napoleonic Wars

    by Martin Robson ...
    The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars were the first truly global conflicts. The Royal Navy was a key player in the wider wars and, for Britain, the key factor in her eventual emergence as the only naval power capable of sustained global hegemony. The most iconic battles of any era were fought at sea during these years - from the Battle of the Nile in 1798 to Nelson's momentous victory at ... Read more

    $64.49 CAD

  • Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919–45 (1)

    Minekaze to Shiratsuyu Classes

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 198 - New Vanguard
    A detailed, illustrated look at the earliest seven classes of destroyer fielded by the Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II.Several classes of Japanese destroyer were built before the war. This includes the famous Fubuki class (called “Special Type” by the Japanese, which were, when completed in the late 1920's, the most powerful class of destroyers in the world). This design forced all other ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD