Download or read book The Royal Marines and the War at Sea 1939 45 written by Martin Watts and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining a personal narrative with tactical and technical analysis, this book casts new light on the Royal Marines during the Second World War.
Download or read book The Royal Marines 1939 93 written by Nick van der Bijl and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 1995-01-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The origin of the Royal Marines dates back to the formation of the Admiral's Regiment in the 17th century. Since then Marines have participated in more battles on land and sea than any other branch of the British Armed Forces. Their 'elite' status rests in the commandos - the one formation that is trained to be delivered to battle by helicopter or landing craft from ships. This book examines the units, organization and operations of the Royal Marines, focusing on their activity in various theatres of World War II (1939-1945) and their post-war operations in Northern Ireland, the Falklands (1982)and the Gulf (1990-1991).
Download or read book The War At Sea 1939 45 written by John Winton and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of personal experience selected and edited by John Winton. The Second World War produced hundreds of actions and incidents at sea which were packed with drama and suspense, and which evoked the greatest heroism. Here is a generous selection of personal experience written by the men and women who were there: in the British and Commonwealth Navies, the Fleet Air Arm, the Merchant Navy, or ashore. Names which have passed into history - Narvik, Dunkirk, the River Plate, the Bismarck, the Scharnhorst, Crete, Anzio, the Battle of the Atlantic, the Russian convoys - all these and many others are reflected in these gripping eyewitness testimonies. This is the first volume in the unique Freedom's Battle trilogy, which provides intensely vivid accounts of war at sea, in the air and on land. Far better than any single narrative, the extracts build up a complete picture of the War as it was experienced by the men and women who actually fought in it.
Download or read book The Marines Were There written by Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Om de engelske Royal Marines og en kort gennemgang af deres aktioner under 2. Verdenskrig. De deltog blandt andet i invasionen ved Normandiet i 1944.
Download or read book A Soldier Gone to Sea written by Charles Frederic Jerram and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-11-19 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this memoir spanning nine decades, Lieutenant Colonel C.F. Jerram (1882-1969) of the Royal Marines recounts his life and military service through both world wars. Jerram describes in candid detail his late 19th-century childhood in Devon and Cornwall, the late Victorian and Edwardian Royal Navy, the Royal Navy's Far East Station, a traditional Corps of Marines, the Gallipoli Campaign, the World War I Western Front and the interwar and World War II years. His experience and insight convey two fundamental lessons: "Know thy profession and look after those for whom you are responsible." An essay by the editor, based on other sources, provides a broader perspective on Jerram, whose approach to professional military service is still pertinent today.
Download or read book Naval Eyewitnesses written by James Goulty and published by Pen and Sword Maritime. This book was released on 2022-11-04 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Goulty tells the story from the perspective of the ordinary sailor or officer who was there."—The Northern Mariner Although many books have been written about naval actions during the Second World War – histories and memoirs in particular – few books have attempted to encompass the extraordinary variety of the experience of the war at sea. That is why James Goulty’s vivid survey is of such value. Sailors in the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy experienced a war fought on a massive scale, on every ocean of the world, in a diverse range of vessels, from battleships, aircraft carriers and submarines to merchant ships and fishing boats. Their recollections are as varied as the ships they served in, and they take the reader through the entire maritime war, as it was perceived at the time by those who had direct, personal knowledge of it. Throughout the book the emphasis is on the experience of individuals – their recruitment and training, their expectations and the reality they encountered on active service in many different offensive and defensive roles including convoy duty and coastal de-fence, amphibious operations, hunting U-boats and surface raiders, mine sweeping and manning landing and rescue craft. A particularly graphic section describes, in the words of the sailors themselves, what action against the enemy felt like and the impact of casualties – seamen who were wounded or killed on board or were lost when their ships sank. A fascinating inside view of the maritime warfare emerges which may be less heroic than the image created by some post-war accounts, but it gives readers today a much more realistic impression of the whole gamut of wartime life at sea.
Download or read book Britain s Sea soldiers written by Cyril Field and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The War at Sea 1939 1945 written by John Winton and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Britain s Sea Soldiers written by Sir Herbert Edward Blumberg and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book THE WAR AT SEA 1939 45 written by Captain S. W. Roskill and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2021-11-17 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Roskill has long been recognised as the leading authority on the Royal Navy's part in the Second World War. His Official History is unlikely ever to be superseded. His narrative is highly readable, and the analysis is clear.
Download or read book The War at Sea 1939 1945 The defensive v 2 The period of balance v 3 The offensive written by Stephen Wentworth Roskill and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The War at Sea 1939 1945 The defensive written by Stephen Wentworth Roskill and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sea Takes No Prisoners written by Edmund S. Wong and published by Uniform Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The voices of over 125 Royal Navy men and women recount their days of service to Britain andthe world during the 1939-1945 war at sea. The stories selected from the audio archive of the Imperial War Museum cover as wide a rangeas possible of wartime experiences that include: life before the war, motivations for enlisting,training and reporting for sea duty. Accounts of fear, anger and terror are intertwined withothers that concern love, humor and fun. Shipboard life is remembered as ranging from hecticto monotonous, both inspiring and frustrating and dangerous, yet also secure. The book's chapters accompany the men and their ships from great oceans to unknownbackwaters as they engage, year by year, in the war's naval battles and campaigns, the majorityof which are represented. There is a chapter dedicated to the wartime contributions of theWRNS, another chapter dedicated to the RN's Boy Seamen and an epilogue that tells about thepost-war fate of some of the ships and men featured in the book.
Download or read book By Sea by Land written by James D. Ladd and published by Collins. This book was released on 1998 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Marines are respected all over the world as one of the truly elite fighting forces. Researched with active co-operation of the Royal Marines, this text is the official history of the corps from the end of World War I to the present day. The main cmapaigns are illustrated with maps and there is a comprehensive list of orders of battle and unit organization.
Download or read book Churchill s Navy written by Brian Lavery and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this remarkable book, now reissued in paperback, Brian Lavery examines every aspect of the Royal Navy, both ashore and at sea, during the Second World War, and casts a lucid eye over the strengths and weaknesses of an organisation that was put under acute strain during the period, yet rose to the challenge with initiative and determination. Divided into twelve sections, the book delves into the structure of naval power from the Board of Admiralty and shore commands to officers and crews, their recruitment and training, daily life and discipline. The roles of the Reserves, Merchant Navy, Royal Marines and Wrens within this structure are also explained. Developments in ship design and technology, as well as advances in intelligence, sensors and armament are all discussed and set in context. The different divisions are dealt with one by one, including the Submarine Service, Fleet Air Arm, Coastal Forces, and Combined Operations. The text is complemented by over 300 illustrations and the personal accounts of those who served.
Download or read book The Royal Navy 1939 45 written by Ian Sumner and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2001-10-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The outbreak of WOrld War II (1939-1945) found the Royal Navy with world-wide responsibilities but, despite its legendary professionalism, out-of-date strategic doctrines. Despite some early clashes between capital ships, advances in submarine warfare and naval aviation would soon come to dominate the war at sea. By mid-1943, however, the Royal Navy dominated the Mediterranean, was winning the campaign against the Atlantic U-boats, and was convoying vast quantities of war material across the Atlantic and to Russia. The 'senior service' made a huge contribution to the D-Day landings, and sent strong units to support the USN in the final campaigns against Japan.
Download or read book THE WAR AT SEA 1939 45 written by Captain S. W. Roskill and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2021-11-17 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Roskill has long been recognised as the leading authority on the Royal Navy's part in the Second World War. His Official History is unlikely ever to be superseded. His narrative is highly readable, and the analysis is clear.
