Format:
1 Online-Ressource (288 pages)
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9781473801103
Content:
In the vast literature of the Second World War there has never been a naval atlas showing graphically the complexities of the war at sea, a war which spread across every ocean. This new book will fill the gap.With more than 200 beautifully-designed maps and charts, the atlas sets out to visualise the great campaigns and major battles as well as the smaller operations, amphibious landings, convoys, sieges, skirmishes and sinkings. While whole sections are given over to the Pacific war, the battle of the Atlantic and the campaigns in the Mediterranean, smaller but crucial events such as the land
Note:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Preface ; CONTENTS; The Second World War at Sea ; General Key and Abbreviations ; British Seapower, 1939 ; The Royal Navy in British Waters ; The Marine Nationale, 1939 ; The Kriegsmarine, 1939 ; The Regia Marina ; The War at Sea, 1939 ; The Polish Campaign, September 1939 ; The North Sea, 1939-1940 ; Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939 - May 1940 ; Atlantic Operations by German Surface Raiders, 1939 ; The War at Sea, 1940 ; Unternehmen Weserübung, The German Invasion of Norway, 7-10 April 1940
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The Second Battle of Narvik, Assault on Oslo, and the Sinking of the Glorious Operation Alphabet ; Operation Dynamo, The Dunkirk Evacuation, 27 May - 3 June 1940 ; The Naval Situation in the Mediterrenean, June 1940 ; The Mediterranean, July - December 1940 ; Operation Catapult, The Battle of Mers el-Kebir, 9 July 1940 28; The Battle of Calabria/Punta Stilo, 9 July 1940 ; Battle of the Atlantic, June 1940 - March 1941 ; Unternehmen Seelöewe ; The Battle of Britain ; Operation Menace, September 1940 ; German Auxiliary Cruiser Operations, 1940
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Naval Operations in Support of the Western Desert Force, December 1940 - January 1941 The Red Sea, June 1940 - April 1941 ; Operation Judgement, The 'Taranto Raid, 11 November 1940 ; The Battle of Cape Spartivento, 27 November 1940 ; Atlantic Operations by German Surface Raiders, 1940 ; Route of Admiral Hipper, December 1940 ; The War at Sea, 1941 ; The Mediterranean, 1941 ; Operation Excess, 9-ll January 1941 ; Atlantic Operations by German Surface Raiders, January - March 1941 ; Operation Grog, The Bombardment of Genoa, 9 February 1941 ; The Battle of Cape Matapan, 28-29 March 1941
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Action off Sfax, 15-16 April 1941 Royal Navy Home Fleet Operations in Norwegian Waters, 1941 ; Battle of the Atlantic, April-December 1941 ; The Evacuation of Greece and Crete, April - May 1941 ; Unternehmen Rheinübung, 18-27 May 1941 ; German Auxiliary Cruisers, January - May 1941 ; The Soviet Union, 1941 ; Operation Substance, July 1941 ; The Arctic Convoy Routes ; Operation Halberd, 27-28 September 1941 ; German Auxiliary Cruisers, June - December 1941 ; The United States Navy, 1941 ; Malta Strike Forces, 1941 ; The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941
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The Japanese Offensive, December 1941 - May 1942 Operation AI, November - December 1941 ; The Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941 ; The Japanese Invasion of Malaya, 6-10 December 1941 ; The Philippines Campaign, December 1941-1942 ; The Fall of Wake Island, 21-24 December 1941 ; The First Battle of Sirte, 16-18 December 1941 ; The War at Sea, 1942 ; Battle of the Atlantic, January-July 1942 ; Japanese Operations in the East Indies, January-February 1942 ; Operation Cerberus, ll-13 February 1942 ; The Battle of the Java Sea, 27 February 1942 ; American Pacific Operations, January - April 1942
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Convoy PQ12/QP 8, 6-10 March 1942
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848320475
Additional Edition:
Print version War at Sea : A Naval Atlas 1939-1945
Language:
English
Keywords:
Zweiter Weltkrieg
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Seekrieg
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