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Artikel-Nr:
9781472809834
Veröffentl:
2014
Einband:
EPUB
Seiten:
96
Autor:
Professor Alastair Finlan
Serie:
Essential Histories
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Deutsch
Beschreibung:
Alastair Finlan is a Professor of War Studies at the Swedish Defence University who specializes in modern warfare, military culture and Special Forces.
This volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theatres of combat; the battles for the Atlantic, the war in the Mediterranean and the contest in the Indian Ocean. The war at sea was a vital contest, which if lost would have irreversibly altered the balance of the military forces on land. The sea lanes were the logistical arteries of British and subsequent Allied armies fighting on the three continents of Africa, Asia and Europe. The Second World War was ultimately won by land forces but it could always have been lost at sea.
This volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theatres of combat; the battles for the Atlantic, the war in the Mediterranean and the contest in the Indian Ocean. The war at sea was a vital contest, which if lost would have irreversibly altered the balance of the military forces on land. The sea lanes were the logistical arteries of British and subsequent Allied armies fighting on the three continents of Africa, Asia and Europe. The Second World War was ultimately won by land forces but it could always have been lost at sea.
This volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theatres of combat; the battles for the Atlantic, the war in the Mediterranean and the contest in the Indian Ocean. The war at sea was a vital contest, which if lost would have irreversibly altered the balance of the military forces on land. The sea lanes were the logistical arteries of British and subsequent Allied armies fighting on the three continents of Africa, Asia and Europe. The Second World War was ultimately won by land forces but it could always have been lost at sea.
Introduction * Chronology * Background to war: The Second World War * Warring sides: Reluctant adversaries* Outbreak: Opening moves * The fighting: Across the world's seas* Portrait of a soldier: Peter Herbert Owen, Royal Navy midshipman* The world around war: The impact of war* Portrait of a civilian: John Delaney-Nash, merchant mariner * How the war ended: The German fleet is scuttled * Conclusion and consequences: The price of admiralty