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At the end of World War I the German Navy came up with the concept of the pocket battleship. This title covers the three sister ships - the "Deutschland", the "Admiral Graf Spee" and the "Admiral Scheer" which formed the core of the Kriegsmarine's fighting power at the start of World War II.

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During 1861-62, Confederate engineers transformed a steam frigate into an ironclad warship. It was in Hampton Roads that the first clash between two ironclads took place. This text details why the battle was important in naval history, ushering in a new age of naval warfare and warship design.

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The Hurricane was the RAF's first monoplane fighter, and saw widespread service with Allied forces. This book describes its many feats throughout 1945. Used as a fighter-bomber on the Channel coast, the Hurricane was flown by numerous squadrons in Fighter Command, including the American Eagles and Polish units.

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The Imperial Japanese Navy was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commissioned the world's first built-from-the-keel-up carrier, the 'Hosho'. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, it experimented with its carriers, perfecting their design and construction.

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Interpreting Naval History at Museums and Historic Sites demonstrates the broad appeal of naval themed commemoration, centering on military aspects from both times of war and peace. Using an international approach, the book illustrates the intersection of the historical under...

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Interpreting Naval History at Museums and Historic Sites demonstrates the broad appeal of naval themed commemoration, centering on military aspects from both times of war and peace. Using an international approach, the book illustrates the intersection of the historical under...

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Tells the story of four men who commanded battlefleets in the 20th century.

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This work relates the life - and the death - of the rebel German seaman who became one of the most successful U-Boat commanders of World War II. The story of Werner Henke, and a narrative outlining the history of his boat, U-515, and its crew, forms the basis for this biography.

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The final volume in this series on the largest and most powerful army of its time. Colonial and naval troops maintained the expansive overseas empire of Louis XV in America, Africa and Asia. They fought in the Seven Years War and the American War of Independence.

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A respected writer of naval history, Long is most qualified to write this first biography of Mad Jack, an unusual and controversial figure in the early days of the U.S. Navy.

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At the start of the American Civil War, neither North nor South had warships on either side of the Mississippi River. Gradually, both sides converted existing riverboats into powerful naval weapons. This title describes their design, development and operation throughout the American Civil War.

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His conclusion: the United States must develop tactics and weapons that will win wars in the narrow seas.

Narrow Seas, Small Navies, and Fat Merchantmen examines the impact of these small navies on the ships, planes, and tactics of big navies.

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Second, the book aims to demonstrate in an interesting fashion what naval warfare in the narrow seas is really like.

Koburger demonstrates that there was a definite Allied strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean during World War II.

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These essays explore the link between the naval strength and global power of Great Britain and the United States from 1815 to the present. The American theory of naval strategy, on the other hand, assumed that one had to engage the enemy in order to assure command of the sea.

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The central theme running through this book is the mutual dependence of navies and shipbuilding industries. That industrial capability, for its part, rests increasingly on the navy as chief customer because progressive specialization renders it more and more unsuited for any other use.

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Details the uniforms of one of the most skilled and professional navies in the world, the men who swept the seas clean of Britain's enemies. This book covers many of the most famous battles and personalities of that period, as well as the ships, combat and crews.

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A comprehensive, easy-to-read history of the Royal Australian Navy from its inception in 1901 to the present day.

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This engaging book plunges readers into the culture shock of Marine Officer Candidates School, a ten-week physical, intellectual, and emotional testing ground so grueling that every fourth candidate fails to complete.

What does it take to become a Marine Officer

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Koburger argues that the many battles that constituted the campaign for the Solomons were the key to victory in the Pacific for the U.S. Navynot the battle of the Coral Sea or the Battle of Midway. The descriptions of the naval battles make for compelling reading.

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One school contends that the battle was a very costly failure and that Sir Douglas Haig, the architect of the battle, was a blundering murderer. The fact that the British fought the battle for the wrong reasons and that the army on the coast waited while soldiers at Passchendaele died raises Passchendaele to an even higher plane of tragedy.