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Book Synopsis German Battlecruisers of World War One by : Gary Staff
Download or read book German Battlecruisers of World War One written by Gary Staff and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-29 with total page 1161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive English-language study of the German Imperial Navy’s WWI battlecruisers, fully illustrated with drawings, diagrams and photographs. In this in-depth study, naval historian and author of Battle on the Seven Seas Gary Staff presents a full analysis of Imperial Germany’s battlecruisers. Known as Panzerkreuzer, the eight ships of this class were involved in several early North Sea skirmishes before their historic victory against the Royal Navy in the Battle of Jutland. Staff details the design and construction of these ships, and traces the full-service history of each one, recounting their actions, largely from first-hand German sources and official documents. Detailed line drawings and maps augment the text throughout, as do a wealth of contemporary photos that depict the vessels at sea as well as in dock, where many aspects of their design—as well as damage sustained in action—can be viewed in close up. A superb series of full-color computer graphics show full length profiles and top-down views of each ship in precise and clear detail. German Battle Cruisers of World War One presents a major contribution to German naval history in the English language. It is a must-have volume for Great War historians and enthusiasts, as well as battlecruiser modelers.
Download or read book Battle Cruiser written by B. V. Larson and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One starship will either save Earth or destroy her.A century ago our star erupted, destroying Earth's wormhole network and closing off trade with her colonized planets. After being out of contact with the younger worlds for so many years, Humanity is shocked when a huge ship appears at the edge of the Solar System. Our outdated navy investigates, both curious and fearful. What they learn from the massive vessel shocks the planet. The lost colonies have survived-but the reunion isn't going to be a happy one. Our descendants are vastly superior in the art of warfare. Worse, there are other beings undreamed of beyond the human frontier: strange, unfathomable...alien. Battle Cruiser Defiant, the first capital ship to darken Earth's skies, is tasked with exploring new passages to the younger planets. Old Earth must reunite with her children...but can humanity survive the inevitable conflicts? Captain William Sparhawk, determined to follow a path of honor and truthfulness, dares to rise to the challenge.BATTLE CRUISER is a military science fiction novel by bestselling author B. V. Larson.
Book Synopsis The Battlecruiser New Zealand by : Matthew Wright
Download or read book The Battlecruiser New Zealand written by Matthew Wright and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of HMS New Zealand, a battlecruiser paid for by the government of New Zealand at the height of its pro-Imperial ‘jingo’ era in 1909, when Britain’s ally Japan was perceived as a threat in Australasia and the Pacific. Born of the collision between New Zealand’s patriotic dreams and European politics, the tale of HMS New Zealand is further wrapped in the turbulent power-plays at the Admiralty in the years leading up to the First World War. The ship went on to have a distinguished First World War career, when she was present in all three major naval battles – Heligoland, Dogger Bank and Jutland – in the North Sea. The book ‘busts’ many of the myths associated with the ship and her construction, including the intent of the gift, New Zealand’s ability to pay, deployment, and the story behind the piupiu (skirt) and tiki (pendant) that, the crew believed, bestowed special protection upon the vessel. All is inter-woven with the human and social context to create a ‘biography’ of the ship as an expression of human endeavour, in significantly more detail than any of the summaries available in prior accounts. Extensively illustrated, this is a book with appeal to a wide audience, from naval enthusiasts and historians to the general reader with a wider interest in the story of Empire. The use of archival material available only in New Zealand, including the Ship’s Book, adds a dimension and novelty not previously included in histories of this great battlecruiser.
Download or read book Battlecruiser written by Douglas Reeman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1943, and the seas are haunted by Hitler's deadly U-boats and cruisers. After the mysterious death of the Reliant's last captain, Guy Sherbrooke is given command of the legendary battlecruiser. A symbol of everything the Royal Navy stands for, the battlecruiser boasts the speed of a destroyer and the firepower of a battleship.
Book Synopsis The Battle-Cruiser HMS Renown, 1916–48 by : Peter C. Smith
Download or read book The Battle-Cruiser HMS Renown, 1916–48 written by Peter C. Smith and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A successful book, giving a picture of life on a major warship, as well as a different view of some of the main naval actions of the Second World War.” —HistoryOfWar.org This is the story of the Royal Navy battle-cruiser HMS Renown, a famous ship with a long and distinguished operational career. Originally built for the First World War she subsequently served in the post-war fleet and took royalty around the world. Modernized just in time for World War Two, she re-joined the fleet in September, 1939 and for the first two years of the war her speed and heavy gun armament made her one of the most important ships of the fleet. She escorted the famous carrier Ark Royal for most of her illustrious career as flagship of Force “H” in the Mediterranean and took part in many stirring battles and convoy actions. Later she covered Russian convoys in the Arctic before going out to the Indian Ocean where she took part in attacks on Japanese targets in the Indian Ocean. Her final duties included the meeting of King George VI and President Truman in 1945. A host of fresh detail coupled with eyewitness memoirs from former crew members make this an outstanding warship biography. “If you like a thorough, detailed history of a famous, long lived fighting ship, this volume will give you just what you’re looking for. It also provides an insightful look at some of the Royal Navy’s more interesting naval leaders, including Admirals Cunningham and Somerville.” —IPMS/USA
Book Synopsis The Battle Cruiser Hindenburg by : Michael Kirk
Download or read book The Battle Cruiser Hindenburg written by Michael Kirk and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s 1918. The outcome of the First World War is still in the balance. Germany’s submarines have failed to force Britain to the negotiation table. Something else must be tried. The 27,000 ton battle cruiser Hindenburg, Germany’s latest and most powerful, is dispatched to attack the Allied convoys. Her Prussian captain, Rupprecht Körner, faces a daunting task. His lone ship must break out into the Atlantic, avoiding contact with the massive British fleet, and journey even as far as America to find her prey. As well as coping with the North Atlantic weather and enemy warships, Körner must keep his ship’s coal bunkers replenished. Even if he is able to find targets for his big guns - no simple task in the vast ocean - he still has to get his ship and crew safely back to Germany. The odds seem stacked against him. He needs to succeed; Germany needs him to succeed.
Book Synopsis The Battlecruiser HMS HOOD by : Bruce Taylor
Download or read book The Battlecruiser HMS HOOD written by Bruce Taylor and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battlecruiser HMS Hood is one of the great warships of history. Unmatched for beauty, unequalled for size, for twenty years the Hood was the glory ship of the Royal Navy, flying the flag across the world in the twilight years of the British Empire. Here, in words, photos and colour illustrations, is the story of her life, her work and her people from keel-laying on the Clyde in 1916 to destruction at the hands of the Bismarck in 1941. Among the eyecatching strengths of the book is a unique gallery of photos, including stills from a recently discovered piece of colour footage of the ship, plus a spectacular set of computer-generated images of both the exterior and interior by the world's leading exponent of the art - a man who worked with the film director James Cameron (of Titanic fame). A wealth of new information on Hood's structure and operation make it essential reading for the enthusiast, modeller and historian alike. Hugely successful from its first publication, this is the third printing of the ultimate book on the ultimate ship of the pre-war era.
Book Synopsis Battlecruiser Repulse by : John Roberts
Download or read book Battlecruiser Repulse written by John Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis British Battlecruiser vs German Battlecruiser by : Mark Stille
Download or read book British Battlecruiser vs German Battlecruiser written by Mark Stille and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rival battlecruisers first clashed in January 1915 at Dogger Bank in the North Sea and although the battle was a British tactical victory with neither side losing any of its battlecruisers, the differences in the designs of the British and German ships were already apparent. The two sides responded very differently to this first clash; while the Germans improved their ammunition-handling procedures to lessen the risk of disabling explosions, the British drew the opposite lesson and stockpiled ammunition in an effort to improve their rate of fire, rendering their battlecruisers more vulnerable. These differences were highlighted more starkly during the battle of Jutland in May 1916. Of the nine British battlecruisers committed, three were destroyed, all by their German counterparts. Five German battlecruisers were present, and of these, only one was sunk and the remainder damaged. Fully illustrated with specially commissioned artwork, this is the gripping story of the clash between the rival battlecruisers of the Royal Navy and the Kaiserliche Marine at the height of World War I.
Book Synopsis Cruisers and Battle Cruisers by : Eric W. Osborne
Download or read book Cruisers and Battle Cruisers written by Eric W. Osborne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fast cruisers, the eyes of the fleet, were the standard-bearers of empire, the ultimate warships of gunboat diplomacy—no other vessel class was so well equipped to serve as both a working war machine and a projection of national might. Cruisers and Battle Cruisers explores the pivotal importance of cruiser-class ships to naval warfare and, in a wider scope, world politics. In vivid but accessible detail, it describes the milestones of cruiser design and deployment from mid-19th century development of steam-propelled, ironclads to the World War I introduction of battle cruisers; from the decisive naval engagements of World War II and the addition of missiles and computerized systems to the most recent developments. Readers will see how specific technological changes progressively increased the destructive power of cruisers and altered their combat roles, how design innovations altered the quality of life aboard ship, and how cruisers came to be called upon to serve a variety of noncombat roles in war and peace.
Book Synopsis Parliamentary Papers by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Naval History by : Anthony Bruce
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Naval History written by Anthony Bruce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beginnings of the age of sail and firearms to the present day, the Encyclopedia of Naval History provides a complete and comprehensive guide to world naval history.
Book Synopsis Battle on the Seven Seas: German Cruiser Battles 1914-1918 by : Gary Staff
Download or read book Battle on the Seven Seas: German Cruiser Battles 1914-1918 written by Gary Staff and published by Pen & Sword Maritime. This book was released on 2018 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reports of Cases Relating to Maritime Law by : Great Britain. Courts
Download or read book Reports of Cases Relating to Maritime Law written by Great Britain. Courts and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Instruments of War by : Spencer C. Tucker
Download or read book Instruments of War written by Spencer C. Tucker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly detailed and well-illustrated single-volume work documents the evolution of warfare across history through weaponry and technological change. In war, the weapons and technologies employed have direct effects on how battles are waged. When new weapons are introduced, they can dramatically alter the outcomes of warfare—and consequently change the course of history itself. This reference work provides a fascinating overview of the major weapon systems and military technologies that have had a major impact on world history. Addressing weapons as crude as the club used by primitive man to the high-tech weapons of today such as unmanned drones, Instruments of War: Weapons and Technologies That Have Changed History offers nearly 270 profusely illustrated entries that examine the key roles played by specific weapons and identify their success and failures. The book begins with an introductory essay that frames the subject matter of the work and discusses the history of weapons as a whole. The text is concise and accessible to general readers without extensive backgrounds in military history yet provides the detailed information necessary to convey the complexity of the evolution of warfare through technological change.
Book Synopsis The Great War (All 8 Volumes) by : Various Authors
Download or read book The Great War (All 8 Volumes) written by Various Authors and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 3277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features a comprehensive historical account of the First World War (1914-1918) based on official sources, diplomatic and state papers. Contemporaneously known as the Great War or "the war to end all wars", it led to the mobilization of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. It is also one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine million combatant deaths and 13 million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and the related 1918 Spanish flu pandemic caused another 17-100 million deaths worldwide, including an estimated 2.64 million Spanish flu deaths in Europe and as many as 675,000 Spanish flu deaths in the United States. Contents: Indirect Causes of the War – Political and Diplomatic History of Europe from 1866 to 1914, with a Chapter on the Historical Development of Japan The Balkans Direct Causes of the War Diplomatic Papers Relating to the Origin of the War, Collated From the Official Documents Great Battles of the Western Armies Naval Operations The War on the Eastern Front The Austro-Serbian Campaign Austro-Russian Campaign Russo-German Campaign Turkey and the Dardanelles Russian and Turkish Campaign Japan and the Far East The War in Africa The Western Front Italy Enters the War The Dardanelles and Turkey The War in Africa War in Arabia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt War in Syria and Egypt Aggressive Turkish Campaign at Dardanelles Campaign in Mesopotamia The United States and the Belligerents Austrian Propaganda Operations on the Sea Campaign on the Eastern Front The Balkans Campaign in Mesopotamia and Persia Western Front – Somme and Verdun War in the Air and on the Sea The United States and Germany The Russian Revolution Eastern Front Campaigns in Palestine, Arabia Mesopotamia, and Africa The Western Front The Italian Campaign The Great War's End Victory on the Sea The American Army in France The Peace Conference at Paris The Story of Canada in the Great War
Book Synopsis Lloyd's Reports of Prize Cases ... During the European War by : John Bridge Aspinall
Download or read book Lloyd's Reports of Prize Cases ... During the European War written by John Bridge Aspinall and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
