BOOKS - MILITARY HISTORY - Warships of the World
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Warships of the World
Author: Antony Preston
Year: 1983
Format: PDF
File size: 225,4 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 1983
Format: PDF
File size: 225,4 MB
Language: ENG
The nineteenth and twentieth centuries have seen the transformation of the world's navies from the wooden walled ships of the line of Nelson's day to the awesome power of the missile-armed destroyers and gigantic nuclear-powered aircraft carriers of the modern US Navy. Since World War II, many countries have been reluctant to maintain large navies and governmental financial stringency has led to the drastic reduction of many fleets. However, the Falkland Islands crisis has brought home the importance of sea power more forcefully than any political speech making could. Warships of the World describes the size, armaments and crews of the six main types of warships which have sailed with the navies of the twentieth century. It describes the actions in which they fought from Tsushima (Russo-Japanese War 1905) right up to the present. Battleships formed the foundation of twentieth century naval power.
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