Victory at sea, 1939-1945
The story of British sea power, and the decisive part which it played in the winning of the Second World War, is the theme of this new book written by the Admiralty Archivist and Head of the Admiralty's Historical Section. The author has been given access to all the official documents of the war, both British and German, so that, for the first time, the full story of six years of naval endeavour and achievement can be told. The bitter fighting of the Mediterranean convoys, the long, desperate struggle in the Atlantic, the actions in the icy wastes of the Arctic Ocean, the great carrier attacks in the Pacific, all these are shown in their true pattern against the background or strategic planning which led to the final victory. This official authorised story of the Royal Navy at war, taken direct from the original documents, shows very clearly how, as so often before in our long island history, the mighty weapon of sea power, exercised across the oceans of the world, led inevitably to the final downfall of our enemies
Print Book, English, [1957]
Muller, London, [1957]