Find, Fix and Strike!: The Fleet Air Arm at War, 1939-45 (World War Two at Sea)

A full examination of the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm from the beginning of World War Two until final operations off Japa

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‘a superb piece of historical research and writing. … does justice to the role of the British navy in the Pacific during

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For the first time, this book tells the story of how naval air operations evolved into a vital element of the Royal Navy

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Anglo-German naval rivalry before 1914 had been expected to culminate in a cataclysmic fleet action in the North Sea onc

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This volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theatres of combat; the battles for the Atlantic, the war in t

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Timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, an unprecedented account of the monumental Pa

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This is the second of three volumes covering the transformation of the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. As the

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In this book a retired U.S. Army colonel and military historian takes a fresh look at Dwight D. Eisenhower’s lasting mil

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A journey into the golden age of naval history, when these floating powerhouses ruled the waves. The battleship was the

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