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Author
Publisher
Seaforth Publishing, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Limited
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"More than one hundred years after the battle of Jutland, the first and largest engagement of dreadnoughts in the twentieth century, historians are still fighting this controversial and misunderstood battle. What was in fact a strategic victory stands out starkly against the background of bitter public disappointment in the Royal Navy and decades of divisive acrimony and very public infighting between the camps supporting the two most senior commanders,...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
Description
England, 1940. Clare Childs knew life would change when she unexpectedly inherited theMaggie Bright—a noble fifty-two-foot yacht. In fact, she’s counting on it. But the boat harbors secrets. When a stranger arrives, searching for documents hidden onboard, Clare is pulled into a Scotland Yard investigation that could shed light on Hitler’s darkest schemes and prompt America to action. Across the Channel, Hitler’s Blitzkrieg has the entire British...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The French still call it "our Pearl Harbor", the tragic destruction of the French navy in 1940, by the British, to prevent it from falling into German hands. The dark story of Churchill's decision to sink the fleet, and with it, the lives of 1,300 French sailors, to prevent a German invasion continues to echo down the hall of military history. Was it a turning point in World War II, a terrible betrayal of one ally by another, or perhaps both?
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In a story of courage, fortitude, loss, and triumph, a renowned historian recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II--the British action to save its troops from starvation on Malta.
Author
Publisher
Duckworth Overlook
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A naval historian describes the British Navy's disastrous attempt to get to Constantinople through the Dardanelles, and analyzes Winston Churchill's response to the obstacles faced during the operation that marked a turning point in World War I.
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Maritime, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
There can have been few, if any, naval officers who saw so much action as Alec Dennis, who served in four destroyers; HMS Griffin and Savage initially before commanding Valorous and Tetcott. While too modest to admit to it, he was mentioned in Despatches three times (Norway, sinking the Schnarhorst and in the North Sea) and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (Greece 1942). His war service also included the important but little known Madagascar...
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