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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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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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Foreword; Acknowledgments; I. OPERATIONS ; 1. Profile of a Fleet; 2. Cruisers; 3. Submarines; 4. Destroyers; 5. Aircraft
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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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An unprecedented account of the monumental Pacific War campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength a
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Provisioning the fleet, and the army overseas, during the French Wars of 1793-1815 was a major undertaking. This book ex
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Published on the eve of the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, this handsomely illustrated book paint
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