Книга на английском языке a fascinating look at the british naval intervention in the baltic in 1918–20, and at the british, soviet and baltic nationalist fleets that fought. following the russian revolution of october 1917, the baltic states became a battleground between...
Книга на английском языке. the world's first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the classical world. their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated since they allowed war to be carried to distant lands, allowing for the first time...
Книга на английском языке for 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...
Книга на английском языке faced with an increasingly formidable anti-ship cruise missile threat from the soviet union in the early days of the cold war, and with the recent memory of the kamikaze threat from world war ii, the usn placed a great priority on developing air...
Книга на английском языке the period of relative peace enjoyed by the roman empire in its first two centuries ended with the marcomannic wars. the following centuries saw near-constant warfare, which brought new challenges for the roman navy. it was now not just patrolling the...
Книга на английском языке when the imperial japanese navy destroyed russia's battle fleet during the russo-japanese war, it marked the emergence of japan as one of the world's major naval powers. japan's navy had been built up over just two decades, with the ijn acquiring a...
Книга на английском языке this book examines all the us navy heavy cruisers built during and after world war ii. this includes the largest class of heavy cruisers ever built, the 14-ship baltimore class. of these, only seven were commissioned in time to see service during...
Книга на английском языке while not as famous as their larger and faster sister ships such as the essex- and yorktown-class carriers, escort carriers made an enormous contribution towards allied victory both in the pacific and atlantic theaters. rather than relying on size...
Книга на английском языке amphibious assault ships have been at the centre of nearly all of britain's expeditionary campaigns since world war ii, from the suez crisis of 1956 to operations as far afield as borneo (1963–66), the falklands (1982), sierra leone (2000) and...
Книга на английском языке this is the fully-illustrated story of the royal navy's escort carriers which battled against deadly u-boats during the battle of the atlantic, giving vital air cover to the convoys that kept britain alive in world war ii. in 1941, as the battle of...
Книга на английском языке from the launching of la gloire to the emergence of modern turreted battleships in 1875, this book offers a fascinating insight into continental europe's innovative and powerful ironclads. in november 1859, the french "ironclad" la gloire was...
Книга на английском языке this fully illustrated study examines the us's first six battleships, a story of political compromises, clean sheet designs, operational experience, and experimental improvements. these ships directly inspired the creation of an embryonic american...
Книга на английском языке at the outbreak of world war i austria-hungary had four modern light cruisers and twenty modern destroyers at their disposal, constructed in the early 20th century to defend their growing overseas interests. it was these fast light vessels, not the...
Книга на английском языке in 1910 the first aircraft was successfully launched from a small wooden platform on a stationary ship. just four years later, seaplane-carrying warships were being used to launch the first naval air raids, and by 1918 the first aircraft carrier to...
Книга на английском языке during 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...
Книга на английском языке the humiliating ottoman defeats in the italo-turkish war of 1911 and the first balkan war of 1912-13 and poor performance of the small ottoman fleet compelled the new ottoman leadership to embark on naval expansion of some manner. the old “sick...
Книга на английском языке of the 17 battleships that the united states navy (usn) went to war with in december 1941, 15 of these were older ships dating back to 1912. the most recent of these were the ships of the tennessee and colorado classes which constituted five of...
Книга на английском языке the roman empire was not only built by the strength of the legions but also by a navy that was the most powerful maritime force ever to have existed. it was only the existence of the fleet that secured the trade routes and maintained the...
Книга на английском языке superbly illustrated with original artwork throughout, this book explores the ironclad warships that fought the little-known battles of south america's war of the pacific. in the late 19th century, a war erupted between chile and peru, the catalyst...
Издание на английском языке the book is dedicated to the british light cruisers that served in the royal navy during the second world war. it examines their development, design, armament and combat use. the author analyzes how economic and diplomatic constraints, such as...
