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World War Two at Sea (ePub)

The Last Battleships

Maritime > Naval Photographic eBooks WWII

By Philip Kaplan
Imprint: Pen & Sword History
Series: Images of War
File Size: 53.7 MB (.epub)
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9781473834521
Published: 19th February 2014

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The big-gun battleship served as a symbol of the ultimate power of the world's greatest navies beginning late in the nineteenth century and continuing into the Second World War. So historically important was this vessel that the arms race between Britain and Germany to build navies with larger, more powerful battleships was among the key sources of tension between those nations in the lead up to the First World War.

In this book, veteran battleship crew members describe their unforgettable experiences, including those of a young officer in a British battleship at Jutland; tales of the loss of the German warship Scharnhorst in the arctic off the North Cape; the combat experience inside a sixteen-inch gun turret aboard an Iowa-class battleship bombarding Iraq during the Gulf War, and the adventures of HMS Warspite in World War One, in the Mediterranean and on her way to the breaker's yard in 1947.

Included too is the story of the great German battleship Bismarck, which sank the pride of the British fleet, the story of HMS Hood, and that of the USS Missouri on whose deck the final surrender document of the Second World War was signed.

The text is combined with a compelling selection of historic images representing the era of the great battleships from the early years through the First and Second World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, and the preservation of a handful of these vessels as museum pieces today.

The text is combined with a compelling selection of historic images representing the era of the great battleships from the early years through the First and Second World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, and the preservation of a handful of these vessels as museum pieces today.

Ton Class Association

Some rare and some well-known good pictures worth studying again. For the layman it provides a good, very well illustrated, easy read as an introduction to naval warfare and in particular the Second World War.

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Warship World

An interesting read and very well illustrated with a good selection of archive photos.

Military Modelling

This book is a very well written and informative glimpse into the life of the Battleship; filled with amazing pictures with supporting text of numerous battleships throughout history and the stories accompanying are fascinating.

This is a must-have for the naval enthusiasts and model shipbuilders alike.

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About Philip Kaplan

Philip Kaplan is a Californian author and art-director who now lives in Cheltenham with his English wife, also an author. He has a long-standing fascination with aviation and naval history and has had ten previous books published by Abbeville, Cassell, Random House and Aurum. To date his books have sold well over a quarter of a million copies world-wide.

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