The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theater of operations.
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Focusing on seven decisive naval engagements from the Greek defeat of the Persians at Salamis in the fifth century BC to
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This volume, originally published in 1987, fills a gap in a neglected area. Looking at the entire war in the Mediterrean
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The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest campaign of the Second World War. This volume highlights the scale and comple
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At dawn on 13 December 1939, smoke was seen on the horizon; HMS Exeter was told to close in and investigate. Two minutes
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Maps, diagrams, and photographs illustrate the Allied and Axis troop movements and strategies that marked every Pacific,
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This book explores the idea that the Mediterranean theater of the Second World War was the first truly modern war. It wa
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This is a major reassessment of the causes of Allied victory in the Second World War in the Mediterranean region. Drawin
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