Battleship Sailor
Download Battleship Sailor full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Battleship Sailor ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Battleship Sailor
Author | : Theodore C. Mason |
Publsiher | : Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2013-01-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781612511566 |
Download Battleship Sailor Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Vigorous and highly readable, this portrait of the enlisted man's life aboard the U.S. battleship California depicts the devastation at Pearl Harbor from the hazardous vantage point of the open "birdbath" atop the mainmast.
Two Navies Divided
Author | : Brian Lavery |
Publsiher | : Seaforth Publishing |
Total Pages | : 626 |
Release | : 2023-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781399047258 |
Download Two Navies Divided Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The title is derived from George Bernard Shaw’s comment that ‘England and America are two countries divided by a common language.’ It is not intended to imply that the two navies were seriously at odds with one another, but rather to suggest, as in the case of language, that common roots and usages varied significantly. And the Second World War is a pertinent moment for comparison. They fought on the same side against a common enemy for nearly four years, but Britain fought the war for the survival of itself and its empire, though in the long term it failed with the latter, while the American government fought to maintain its influence through the balance of power; its people fought for revenge for Pearl Harbor, and out of a sense of justice. In this new book, Brian Lavery describes and analyzes the differences and similarities between the two navies and in doing so sheds fascinating light on how the naval war was fought. For example, both navies had spectacular failures after entering the war – the Royal Navy off Norway, the USN at Pearl Harbor and Savo Island. Paradoxically, both commenced the war with quite amateur performances by professional navies and ended with highly skilled performances by largely amateur manned forces. The training systems for regular officers had flaws in both countries. In Britain, entry was largely dependent on family income, in America, on political influence. But American officers probably had a broader perspective by the time they entered active service. The book covers ships and weapons systems – for instance, the British used too many gun types in the 4 to 6in range, while the Americans concentrated on the well-designed 5in. And the author describes conditions onboard ships. British vessels were awash with alcohol, which had its attractions for Americans when alongside; the Americans offered ice cream in return. These examples represent only a tiny proportion of the subjects covered in this stimulating analysis. Aviation, the marines of both navies, anti-submarine and mine warfare, uniforms, propulsion systems, shipbuilding and building programs, commanders and national leaders, ratings and officers, ship design, geographical environments, naval bases, hammocks and bunks, the deployment of women – these are among the myriad big and small themes that will open the eyes of naval historians and enthusiasts, and show anyone with an interest in the Second World War how these two great allies came together to defeat the Axis forces.
Battleship Sailors
Author | : Harry Plevy |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Academic |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015050490229 |
Download Battleship Sailors Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"Much has been written about this famous vessel, but Harry Plevy has found an abundance of unpublished reminiscences, and through correspondence and interview discovered even more fascinating new material. The result is a vivid inside story of an action-packed career, told in the words of those who served aboard Warspite, civilians who refitted the ship and entertained her crew, and even the enemies who fought against her."--BOOK JACKET.
Caroline Hartley and the Dreadnought Battleship
Author | : D.J. Robinson |
Publsiher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2017-02-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781532008498 |
Download Caroline Hartley and the Dreadnought Battleship Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Caroline Hartley has a magic key. It has allowed her and her brother, Martin, to secretly step through an attic door and time-travel back to 1912, at the castle they have been staying at in central Europe. Unfortunately, bad weather in the present has forced them and their father, Chris, to leave the castle and go back to Bratislava. The Hartley children would love to return to the castle as they would like to use Carolines magic key again. Both wish to time-travel back to 1912, where they can meet their friends, who have invited them to see the inspection of the fleet in Trieste, Austria-Hungary. Caroline is currently unsure if this will be possible.
Battleship Texas
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0890965196 |
Download Battleship Texas Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 45." History of the battleship Texas from its commissioning in 1914 to the present as a tourist attraction.
Naval War College Review
Author | : Naval War College (U.S.) |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : International relations |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105112099788 |
Download Naval War College Review Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Citizen Sailors
Author | : Glyn Prysor |
Publsiher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 2011-08-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780141937618 |
Download Citizen Sailors Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
'The deck and the bridge were pointing to the sky at an alarming angle and our thoughts were to get the devil out of it and into the water. Almost in unison we shouted "for God's sake jump boys".' Citizen Sailors is a groundbreaking people's history of the Royal Navy in the Second World War. Drawing on hundreds of contemporary diaries and letters, along with memoirs, oral history and official documents, Glyn Prysor tells the human story of Britain's war at sea. The sailors of the Royal Navy fought from the very first day of the war until the very last. They played a vital part in a truly global war, from America to Australia and from the Arctic to South Africa. They fought in every conceivable vessel: vast aircraft carriers and cramped corvettes, fast motor boats and rickety minesweepers, Swordfish biplanes and ageing submarines. Seen through the eyes of sailors themselves, this is a compelling account of life in the wartime Royal Navy: humanity and horror, triumphs and tragedies, nerve-wracking convoys and epic gun battles, devastating aerial bombardment and swashbuckling amphibious landings. Citizen Sailors puts the Royal Navy and its sailors back at the heart of the story of Britain's Second World War.
America s Sailors in the Great War
Author | : Lisle A. Rose |
Publsiher | : University of Missouri Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2016-12-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780826273703 |
Download America s Sailors in the Great War Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Honorable Mention, 2016 Lyman Awards, presented by the North American Society for Oceanic History This book is a thrillingly-written story of naval planes, boats, and submarines during World War I. When the U.S. entered World War I in April 1917, America’s sailors were immediately forced to engage in the utterly new realm of anti-submarine warfare waged on, below and above the seas by a variety of small ships and the new technology of airpower. The U.S. Navy substantially contributed to the safe trans-Atlantic passage of a two million man Army that decisively turned the tide of battle on the Western Front even as its battleship division helped the Royal Navy dominate the North Sea. Thoroughly professionalized, the Navy of 1917–18 laid the foundations for victory at sea twenty-five years later.