The Hunting Of Force Z
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The Hunting Of Force Z
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Author : Hough Richard Staff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999-07
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The Hunting Of Force Z
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Author : Richard Hough
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
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The Hunting Of Force Z
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Author : Richard Hough
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 1999
The Hunting Of Force Z written by Richard Hough and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Force Z was the name given to the British battlefleet that sailed to Singapore in the autumn of 1941. Churchill himself described it as the best deterrent and the one key weapon that would prevent the Japanese gaining a foothold in the South Pacific. But behind the impressive name lay a less impressive reality - Force Z consisted of only two ships: the battleship Prince of Wales and the 25-year-old cruiser Repulse. In a time when the days of the battleship as an effective weapon in maritime warfare were numbered, such an action proved to be a terrible mistake. This work traces the history behind this tragic bluff. From the end of World War I to the inevitable sinking of these two ships, it is a comprehensive history of the decline of the battleship in modern warfare, culminating in the battle that proved finally that a navy without air cover could not survive as an effective fighting force.
The Hunting Of Force Z With Plates
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Author : Richard Hough
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
The Hunting Of Force Z With Plates written by Richard Hough and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
The Hunting Of Force Z
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Author : Richard Hough
language : en
Publisher: London, Collins 1963.
Release Date : 1963
The Hunting Of Force Z written by Richard Hough and has been published by London, Collins 1963. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with History categories.
The Hunting Of Force Z
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Author : Richard Alexander Hough
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
The Hunting Of Force Z written by Richard Alexander Hough and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
The Hunting Of Force Z
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Author : Richard Alexander Hough
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Hunting Of Force Z written by Richard Alexander Hough and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Sinking Force Z 1941
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Author : Angus Konstam
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-01-21
Sinking Force Z 1941 written by Angus Konstam and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-21 with History categories.
A history and analysis of one of the most dramatic moments in both air power and naval history. With the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse, no battleship was safe on the open ocean, and the aircraft took its crown as the most powerful maritime weapon In late 1941, war was looming with Japan, and Britain's empire in southeast Asia was at risk. The British government decided to send Force Z, which included the state-of-the-art battleship Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser Repulse, to bolster the naval defences of Singapore, and provide a mighty naval deterrent to Japanese aggression. These two powerful ships arrived in Singapore on 2 December - five days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. But crucially, they lacked air cover. On 9 December Japanese scout planes detected Force Z's approach in the Gulf of Thailand. Unlike at Pearl Harbor, battleships at sea could manoeuvre, and their anti-aircraft defences were ready. But it did no good. The Japanese dive-bombers and torpedo-bombers were the most advanced in the world, and the battle was one-sided. Strategically, the loss of Force Z was a colossal disaster for the British, and one that effectively marked the end of its empire in the East. But even more importantly, the sinking marked the last time that battleships were considered to be the masters of the ocean. From that day on, air power rather than big guns would be the deciding factor in naval warfare.
Between 2 Oceans 2nd Edn
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Author : Malcolm H. Murfett
language : en
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Release Date : 2011-10-15
Between 2 Oceans 2nd Edn written by Malcolm H. Murfett and has been published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Citizen Sailors
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Author : Glyn Prysor
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-08-25
Citizen Sailors written by Glyn Prysor and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-25 with History categories.
'The deck and the bridge were pointing to the sky at an alarming angle and our thoughts were to get the devil out of it and into the water. Almost in unison we shouted "for God's sake jump boys".' Citizen Sailors is a groundbreaking people's history of the Royal Navy in the Second World War. Drawing on hundreds of contemporary diaries and letters, along with memoirs, oral history and official documents, Glyn Prysor tells the human story of Britain's war at sea. The sailors of the Royal Navy fought from the very first day of the war until the very last. They played a vital part in a truly global war, from America to Australia and from the Arctic to South Africa. They fought in every conceivable vessel: vast aircraft carriers and cramped corvettes, fast motor boats and rickety minesweepers, Swordfish biplanes and ageing submarines. Seen through the eyes of sailors themselves, this is a compelling account of life in the wartime Royal Navy: humanity and horror, triumphs and tragedies, nerve-wracking convoys and epic gun battles, devastating aerial bombardment and swashbuckling amphibious landings. Citizen Sailors puts the Royal Navy and its sailors back at the heart of the story of Britain's Second World War.