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The Naval Siege of Japan 1945: War Plan Orange Triumphant by Brian Lane Herder
RRP: €19.03€13.82The final months of Allied naval bombardments on the Home Islands during World War II have, for whatever reason, frequently been overlooked by historians. Yet the Allies' final naval campaign against Japan involved the largest and arguably most... -
Hunt the Bismarck by Angus Konstam
RRP: €29.75€21.44Hunt the Bismarck tells the story of Operation Rheinubung, the Atlantic sortie of Nazi Germany's largest battleship, Bismarck, in May 1941 and her subsequent pursuit by the Royal Navy. Bismarck entered naval service in the summer of 1940. She was... -
One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa by John Wukovits 9780451221384
RRP: €28.56€20.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451221384Author John WukovitsFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint New American LibraryPublisher New American LibraryWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm)... -
Tirpitz in Norway by Angus Konstam 9781472835857
RRP: €16.65€11.60In September 1943, under the cover of darkness, six British midget submarines crept into the heart of enemy territory, penetrating a heavily guarded Norwegian fjord in an attempt to eliminate the threat of the powerful German battleship, the Tirpitz... -
US Navy Light Cruisers 1941-45 by Mark Stille
RRP: €14.27€10.03During World War II, the United States built 72 light cruisers of various classes. In response to the severe air threat that surface ships faced, new cruisers were designed with increasingly heavy antiaircraft weaponry as well as the traditional 6in guns... -
Alistair MacLean's War: How the Royal Navy Shaped his Bestsellers by Simmons, Mark 9781399019385
RRP: €23.80€17.01It is no coincidence that many of Alistair MacLean's most successful novels were sea stories. In 1941, he was called up after volunteering for the Royal Navy and served as Ordinary Seaman, Able Seaman, and Leading Torpedo Operator. For the majority... -
German Commerce Raiders 1914-18 by Ryan K. Noppen
RRP: €14.27€10.03This is the story of Germany's commerce raiders of World War I, the surface ships that were supposed to starve the British Isles of the vast cargoes of vital resources being shipped from the furthest reaches of the Empire. To that end pre-war German... -
Nile River Gunboats 1882-1918 by Angus Konstam
RRP: €15.46€13.10For more than 30 years the Nile river gunboat was an indispensable tool of empire, policing the great river and acting as floating symbols of British imperial power. They participated in every significant colonial campaign in the region, from the British... -
Cruiser Birmingham: Detailed in the Original Builders' Plans by Conrad Waters
RRP: €35.70€26.12The technical details of British warships were recorded in a set of plans produced by the builders on completion of every ship. Known as the `as fitted' general arrangements, these drawings documented the exact appearance and fitting of the ship as it... -
What Ship, Where Bound?: A History of Visual Communication at Sea by David Craddock
RRP: €15.46€10.82Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Witness to Neptune's Inferno: The Pacific War Diary of Lieutenant Commander Lloyd M. Mustin, USS Atlanta (Cl 51) by David F. Winkler 9781636244075
RRP: €39.21€24.481942 would prove crucial for the United States in the Pacific following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of setbacks in the Southwest Pacific late in 1941 into 1942. As the first ship commissioned following America's entry into World War... -
The Royal Navy Officer's Jutland Pocket-Manual 1916 by Brian Lavery
RRP: €10.70€7.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910860182Author W. M. James R.N.Format HardbackPage Count 160Imprint The Pool of London PressPublisher The Pool of London Press -
A Sailor's Odyssey: The Autobiography of Admiral Andrew Cunningham by Cunningham, Andrew 9781399092951
RRP: €29.75€20.97Admiral Andrew Cunningham, best remembered for his courageous leadership in the Mediterranean in the Second World War, is often rated as our finest naval commander after Nelson, and indeed a bust of the Admiral was unveiled in Trafalgar Square close by... -
British Battleship vs Italian Battleship: The Mediterranean 1940-41 by Mark Stille
RRP: €16.65€12.82During World War II's battle for control of the Mediterranean, both the British and Italian navies planned to bring their battle fleets into play. At the centre of both of these fleets was a core of battleships which both sides expected to play a... -
Shokaku-Class Aircraft Carriers: In the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II by Lars Ahlberg
RRP: €27.36€17.91The aircraft carriers of the Shokaku class are generally regarded as being the most-successful carriers designed by the Imperial Japanese Navy. They became operational just prior to the Pearl Harbor attack in December 1941, and their combat records are... -
Big Guns in the Atlantic: Germany's battleships and cruisers raid the convoys, 1939-41 by Angus Konstam
RRP: €16.65€11.60At the outbreak of World War II the German Kriegsmarine still had a relatively small U-boat arm. To reach Britain's convoy routes in the North Atlantic, these boats had to pass around the top of the British Isles - a long and dangerous voyage to their... -
Coastal Convoys 1939-1945: The Indestructible Highway by Nick Hewitt 9781526752543
RRP: €15.46€10.82Using official records from the National Archives personal accounts from the Imperial War Museum and other sources, Coastal Convoys 1939 - 1945: The Indestructible Highway describes Britain's dependence on coastal shipping and the introduction of the... -
The Treasure of the <I>San Jose</I>: Death at Sea in the War of the Spanish Succession by Carla Rahn Phillips
RRP: €29.75€25.68Sunk in a British ambush in 1708, the Spanish galleon San Jose was rumored to have one of the richest cargos ever lost at sea. Though treasure hunters have searched for the wreck's legendary bounty, no one knows exactly how much went down with the ship... -
A Drop in the Ocean by Jim Burtt-Smith 9781399020343
RRP: €17.84€13.03In the summer of 1942 a Wellington bomber, operating with 115 Squadron from Marham in Norfolk was forced to ditch in the North Sea returning from a raid on Hamburg. Two members of the crew, who were picked up by the Luftwaffe, have written this book... -
Secret Projects of the Kriegsmarine: Unseen Designs of Nazi Germany's Navy by Sgarlato, Nico
RRP: €23.80€17.48_The Secret Projects of the German Kriegsmarine in World War II_ gives a comprehensive overview of advanced German naval building, and excitingly includes previously unseen, secret projects. This book is relatively short, yet densely packed with... -
The Fleet Air Arm in Camera 1912-1996: Archive Photographs from the Public Record Office and the Fleet Air Arm Museum by Roger Hayward 9780750993043
RRP: €23.80€17.50For many decades a fascinating and sizeable archive of photographs, depicting the operations and equipment of British naval aviation, has remained unrecorded and largely unseen in countless documents held at the Public Record Office at Kew. Other equally... -
Hellenistic Naval Warfare and Warships 336-30 BC: War at Sea from Alexander to Actium by Michael Paul Pitassi
RRP: €35.70€24.93The Hellenistic period, from Alexander the Great to the Battle of Actium, was a time of great technological change and innovation in naval design. There was a naval arms race between the Successor States that culminated in a plethora of ship types and... -
US Cold War Aircraft Carriers: Forrestal, Kitty Hawk and Enterprise Classes by Brad Elward
RRP: €15.46€13.10The Forrestal class (Forrestal, Saratoga, Ranger, and Independence) was the first completed class of US Navy supercarriers, so-named for their 25 percent size increase over the World War II-era carriers such as the Midway class, and the strength of their... -
Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack by Steve Twomey
RRP: €22.60€15.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476776484Author Steve TwomeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman
RRP: €123.76€102.42The Norman Friedman Illustrated Design History series of U.S. warships books has been an industry standard for three decades and has sold thousands of copies worldwide. To mark and celebrate this achievement, the Naval Institute Press is proud to make... -
Manxmen at Sea in the Age of Nelson, 1760-1815 by Matthew Richardson 9781399044493
RRP: €23.80€18.59The Isle of Man is predominantly a maritime nation. For many generations its menfolk have made their living from the sea, sometimes as fishermen, but often as crewmen aboard merchant vessels or warships. Indeed, such were their skills of seamanship that... -
Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Julian Stafford Corbett 9780870218804
RRP: €64.26€52.22This brilliant exposition established Corbett as a classical maritime strategist whose concepts of sea power are found in current U.S. maritime strategy.Book InformationISBN 9780870218804Author Julian Stafford CorbettFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint... -
Tribals, Battles & Darings: The Genesis of the Modern Destroyer by Alexander Clarke 9781399077958
RRP: €20.22€14.61The ships that dominate so much of the history of the Royal Navy in the Second World War are more often than not the carriers or battleships – Ark Royal, Warspite, Hood – and rarely do ships smaller than cruisers move centre stage. Apart that is from one... -
U-Boat Adventures: Firsthand Accounts from World War II by Melanie Wiggins 9781591149583
RRP: €29.69€24.11Twenty-two U-boat veterans tell their stories in this collection of their experiences, recorded by the author during several years of travel throughout Germany. While many books have been written about the U-boat war, this is one of the few that focuses... -
Faces of HMS Royal Oak: The 'Mighty Oak' Disaster at Scapa Flow by Dilip Sarkar 9781399062329
RRP: €29.75€20.97Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Warship Builders: An Industrial History of U.S. Naval Shipbuilding 1922-1945 by Thomas Heinrich 9781682475379
RRP: €52.30€42.74Warship Builders is the first scholarly study of the U.S. naval shipbuilding industry from the early 1920s to the end of World War II, when American shipyards produced the world's largest fleet that helped defeat the Axis powers in all corners of the... -
Clydebank Battlecruisers: Forgotten Photographs from John Brown's Shipyard by Ian Johnston 9781399024891
RRP: €20.22€14.61Between 1906 and 1920 the Clydebank shipyard of John Brown & Sons built five battlecruisers, each one bigger than the last, culminating in the mighty Hood, the largest warship of her day. If Tiger is regarded as a modification of the Lion class design,... -
British Destroyers 1870-1935 by Norman Friedman 9781848320499
RRP: €53.55€39.76In the late nineteenth century the advent of the modern torpedo woke the Royal Navy to a potent threat to its domination, not seriously challenged since Trafalgar. For the first time a relatively cheap weapon had the potential to sink the largest, and... -
Operation Sealion: The Invasion of England 1940 by Schenk, Peter 9781784383947
RRP: €29.75€21.44It is hard to believe that in the summer of 1940, neither the Allies nor the Axis powers had any experience of large amphibious operations. German planning for Operation Sealion was concerned with pioneering new techniques and developing specialised... -
Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century - The Art of Sailing Warfare by Sam Willis 9781843833673
RRP: €59.50€50.04Naval warfare is vividly brought to life, from first contact through how battles were won and lost to damage repair. Our understanding of warfare at sea in the eighteenth century has always been divorced from the practical realities of fighting at sea... -
The Aircraft Carrier Hiryu by Stefan Draminski
RRP: €53.55€41.65A uniquely detailed study of a Japanese aircraft carrier that took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor, before being sunk at Midway. Superbly illustrated with line drawings, full-colour artwork of the ship through its career, internal... -
Seamanship in the Age of Sail: An Account of Shiphandling of the Sailing Man-O-War, 1600-1860 by John Harland
RRP: €59.50€45.92Numerous successful reprints of contemporary works on rigging and seamanship indicate the breadth of interest in the lost art of handling square-rigged ships. Modelmakers, marine painters and enthusiasts need to know not only how the ships were rigged... -
The Terrible Hours by Peter Maas
RRP: €19.03€13.82On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Miraculously, thirty-three crew members still survived in the stricken vessel. While their loved ones waited in unbearable tension onshore,... -
Great Naval Battles of the Ancient Greek World by Owen Rees 9781473827301
RRP: €23.79€16.99Naval warfare is the unsung hero of ancient Greek military history, often overshadowed by the more glorified land battles. Owen Rees looks to redress the balance, giving naval battles their due attention. This book presents a selection of thirteen naval... -
Wolf of the Deep: Raphael Semmes and the Notorious Confederate Raider CSS Alabama by Stephen Fox 9781400095421
RRP: €26.18€19.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400095421Author Stephen FoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 293gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...