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Author | : Martin Watts |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2018-02-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1445663198 |
Combining a personal narrative with tactical and technical analysis, this book casts new light on the Royal Marines during the Second World War.
Author | : Nick van der Bijl |
Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1995-01-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781855323889 |
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).
Author | : John Winton |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2011-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1448104114 |
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.
Author | : John Winton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Charles Frederic Jerram |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2016-11-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476624062 |
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.
Author | : James Goulty |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Maritime |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2022-11-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1399000748 |
"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.
Author | : Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
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.
Author | : Cyril Field |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 506 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sir Herbert Edward Blumberg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Captain S. W. Roskill |
Publisher | : Naval & Military Press |
Total Pages | : 650 |
Release | : 2021-11-17 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781474535717 |
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.