LEADER 02913 am 22006733u 450 001 9910348228403321 005 20191219230954.0 010 $a1-135-88257-6 010 $a1-84176-397-7 010 $a1-135-88258-4 010 $a1-280-15002-5 010 $a0-203-49882-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203498828 035 $a(CKB)1000000000253588 035 $a(EBL)182980 035 $a(OCoLC)475898062 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000365663 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11269414 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365663 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10414672 035 $a(PQKB)10577078 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC182980 035 $a(OCoLC)826516808 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000253588 100 $a20130331g20022003 ky 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Second World War 210 1$aOxford :$cOsprey,$d2002-2003. 215 $a1 online resource (121 p.) 225 1 $aEssential histories 225 1 $aThe Second World War ;$vv.3 300 $aOriginally published: Oxford : Osprey Pub. Ltd., 2002-2003. 311 $a0-203-60585-3 311 $a0-415-96847-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aFront 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 330 $aThis volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theaters of combat: the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. The war at sea was a critical contest, as sea-lanes provided the logistical arteries for British and subsequent Allied armies fighting on the three continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Land forces ultimately won World War II, but the battles at sea fundamentally altered the balance of military power on the ground. 410 0$aEssential histories. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations 606 $aNaval history, Modern 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations. 615 0$aNaval history, Modern. 676 $a940.53 676 $a940.54 701 $aHorner$b D. M$g(David Murray),$f1948-$0592007 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910348228403321 996 $aThe Second World War$92101834 997 $aUNINA