02167nam 2200409 450 991047681940332120230512153348.0(CKB)5470000000566362(NjHacI)995470000000566362(EXLCZ)99547000000056636220230512d2003 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSecond World WarVolume 3 The War at Sea /Philip D. Grove, Mark J. Grove, Alastair FinlanLondon :Taylor & Francis,2003.1 online resource (96 pages) illustrationsEssential histories ;Volume 3Includes index.1-135-88253-3 Front Cover; Essential Histories The Second World War (3): The war at sea; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Chronology; Background to war The Second World War; Warring sides Reluctant adversaries; Outbreak Opening moves; The fighting Across the world's seas; Portrait of a sailor Peter Herbert Owen, Royal Navy midshipman; The world around war The impact of war; Portrait of a civilian John Delaney-Nash, merchant mariner; How the war ended The German fleet is scuttled; Conclusion and consequences The price of admiralty; Further reading; Index.This volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theaters of combat: the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. The war at sea was a critical contest, as sea-lanes provided the logistical arteries for British and subsequent Allied armies fighting on the three continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Land forces ultimately won World War II, but the battles at sea fundamentally altered the balance of military power on the ground.Essential histories ;Volume 3.SoldiersSoldiers.355.0Grove Philip D.1123534Grove Mark J.Finlan AlastairNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910476819403321Second World War3364631UNINA