Eine schwimmende Stadt
310円 In 'Eine schwimmende Stadt' von Jules Verne trifft der Leser auf eine faszinierende Geschichte über eine futuristische Stadt, die auf dem Wasser treibt. Verne präsentiert eine Welt, in der Technologie und Fortschritt die Menschheit voranbringen. Der Autor verwebt geschickt Elemente des Abenteuers...
U.S. Navy Codebreakers, Linguists, and In...
19,021円 This unique reference presents 59 biographies of people who were key to the sea services being reasonably prepared to fight the Japanese Empire when the Second World War broke out, and whose advanced work proved crucial. These intelligence pioneers invented techniques, procedures, and equipment f...
Nordsø-Eskadren og Kampen ved Helgoland d...
548円 Otto Lütken har samlet officielle beretninger og øjenvidneberetninger fra slaget ved Helgoland den 9. maj 1864, og har herudfra sammenstykket en spændende beretning om både optakten til slaget og selve kamphandlingen ved Helgoland majdagen i 1864.
Gilding the Coucal
560円 Author James William Gibson, Lt. Commander, US Navy (retired) joined the US Navy in July 1948. Fresh from high school, he served as an enlisted man for 12 years, reaching the rank of Chief Engineman. Bucking tradition during the post-World War II 1950s, Gibson was then promoted to Ensign and join...
The Dunkirk Evacuation in 100 Objects
2,111円 At 18.57 hours on Sunday, 26 May 1940, the Admiralty issued the directive which instigated the start of Operation Dynamo. This was the order to rescue the British Expeditionary Force from the French port of Dunkirk and the beaches surrounding it. The Admiralty believed that it would only be able ...
The English Armada
5,955円 During the year between July 1588, when the Spanish Armada set sail from Spain and July 1589, when the survivors of the English counterpart of this fleet, the little-known English Armada, reached port in England, two of history's worst naval catastrophes took place. A great deal of attention has ...
British Flag Officers in the French Wars,...
6,082円 During the French wars (1793-1801, 1803-1815) the system of promotion to flag rank in the Royal Navy produced a cadre of admirals numbering more than two hundred at its peak. These officers competed vigorously for a limited number of appointments at sea and for the high honours and significant fi...
Chatham Naval Dockyard & Barracks Through...
2,156円 Chatham has had an association with the Royal Navy since Elizabethan times, moving to its current site in 1622. It provided the facilities to build, repair, maintain and supply ships. In the mid-nineteenth century, work began on expanding the dockyard into St Mary's Island, where three huge basin...
The Mobilities of Ships
11,772円 We live in a world that is ever on the move, as is increasingly recognised within research on mobilities. Yet studies of mobility have failed to ‘go to sea’ with the same enthusiasm as mobilities ashore. When we consider mobility, we most often examine those movements that evidently form part of ...
India's Naval Strategy and Asian Security
12,767円 This book examines India’s naval strategy within the context of Asian regional security. Amidst the intensifying geopolitical contestation in the waters of Asia, this book investigates the growing strategic salience of the Indian Navy. Delhi’s expanding economic and military strength has generate...
Russia’s New Ground Forces
9,616円 This Whitehall Paper provides an in-depth analysis of Russia’s Ground Forces, including airborne and naval troops. It examines their role in Russian foreign policy, reforms to units’ equipment and operational roles, performance during combat operations against Ukraine, and current unit deployment...
Ironclads and Columbiads
1,326円 Ironclads and Columbiads recounts the exciting battles and events that shook the coast of North Carolina during America's bloodiest war. Throughout the Civil War, North Carolina's coast was of great strategic importance to the Confederacy. Its well-protected coastline offered a perfect refuge for...
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