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Author : N. J. M. Campbell
Publisher : Brassey's
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Naval Weapons of World War Two written by N. J. M. Campbell and published by Brassey's. This book was released on 1985 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473816661
Total Pages : 1531 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Naval Weapons of World War One written by Norman Friedman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2011-12-12 with total page 1531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth reference to the naval weapons used by Britain, Germany, the US, and the other combatants in the Great War, with photos: “Superb…invaluable.”—History of War Although the Great War might be regarded as the heyday of the big-gun at sea, it also saw the maturing of underwater weapons, the mine and torpedo, as well as the first signs of the future potency of air power. Between 1914 and 1918 weapons development was both rapid and complex, so this book has two functions: on the one hand it details all the guns, torpedoes, mines, aerial bombs and anti-submarine systems employed during that period; but it also seeks to explain the background to their evolution: how the weapons were perceived at the time and how they were actually used. This involves a discussion of tactics and emphasizes the key enabling technology of fire control and gun mountings. In this respect, the book treats the war as a transition from naval weapons which were essentially experimental at its outbreak to a state where they pointed directly to what would be used in World War II. Based largely on original research, this sophisticated book is more than a catalogue of the weapons, offering insight into some of the most important technical and operational factors influencing the war at sea.
Author : Norman Polmar
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486479625
Total Pages : 962 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)
Download or read book World War II: the Encyclopedia of the War Years, 1941-1945 written by Norman Polmar and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative and comprehensive survey features over 2,400 entries. Subjects range from battles, soldiers, and military activities to politics, culture, and the Holocaust. Enlivened by 85 illustrations, its panoramic perspective encompasses WWII's enduring influences on the American way of life. "A unique and valuable look at the war."—General James Doolittle
Author : United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ordnance
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance in World War II written by United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ordnance and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bernard Ireland
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0004721438
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Jane's Naval History of WWII written by Bernard Ireland and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1998-10-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a naval historian, reveals the critical elements that determined the war at sea.
Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781526747693
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (476 download)
Download or read book British Naval Weapons of World War Two written by Norman Friedman and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1526777118
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book British Naval Weapons of World War Two, Volume III written by Norman Friedman and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lambert was a drafter of no mean skill . . . his drawings are concise, clear, and invaluable to scratchbuilders and super-detailers. Very highly recommended!” —Nautical Research Journal John Lambert was a renowned naval draftsman whose plans were highly valued for their accuracy and detail by modelmakers and enthusiasts. By the time of his death in 2016 he had produced over 850 sheets of drawings, many of which had never been published. Now they have become available in these remarkable collections, with expert commentary and captioning included. The initial volumes concentrate on British naval weaponry used in the Second World War, thus completing the project Lambert was working on when he died. His interest was always focused on smaller warships and his weapons drawings tend to be of open mountings—the kind that present a real challenge to modelmakers—rather than enclosed turret guns, but he also produced drawings of torpedo tubes, underwater weapons, fire-control directors, and even some specific armament-related deck fittings. Following the earlier volumes on destroyer and escort armament, this one covers the multitude of weapons carried by Coastal Forces, many of which were improvised, ad hoc, or obsolescent, but eventually led to powerful purpose-designed weaponry. An appendix covering the main deck guns carried by British submarines of this era is included, along with an introductory essay by naval ordnance authority Norman Friedman and a selection of photos.
Author : United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Building the Navy's Bases in World War II written by United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter E. Grunden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Secret Weapons and World War II written by Walter E. Grunden and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While previous writers have focused primarily on strategic, military, and intelligence factors, Walter Grunden underscores the dramatic scientific and technological disparities that left Japan vunerable and ultimately led to its defeat in World War II.
Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526747685
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book British Naval Weapons of World War Two, Volume I written by Norman Friedman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-01-30 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “For anyone wishing to super-detail any British destroyer of this era, this book looks to be a real must-have.” —Nautical Research Guild's Model Ship World John Lambert was a renowned naval draftsman, whose plans were highly valued for their accuracy and detail by modelmakers and enthusiasts. By the time of his death in 2016 he’d produced over 850 sheets of drawings, many of which have never been published—until now. Lambert’s interest was always focused on smaller warships and his weapons drawings tend to be of open mountings—the kind that present a real challenge to modelmakers—rather than enclosed turret guns, but he also produced drawings of torpedo tubes, underwater weapons, fire-control directors, and even some specific armament-related deck fittings. This first volume in a series covers all such weapons carried by British destroyers of this era, with additional appendices devoted to earlier guns still in service, and destroyer-caliber weapons only mounted in larger ships. The drawings are backed by introductory essays by Norman Friedman, an acknowledged authority on naval ordnance, while a selection of photographs add to the value of the book as visual reference.
Author : Mirosław Zbigniew Skwiot
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781591143116
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)
Download or read book German Naval Guns written by Mirosław Zbigniew Skwiot and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the huge 15-inch guns carried by the Bismarck to the smallest machine gun used by coastal forces, this comprehensive encyclopedia covers every German artillery piece mounted afloat during World War II. All marks and variations of these weapons are described individually, including their mountings and the ammunition fired, along with extensive tabular data. The feature that makes this book unique, however, is the range and detail of the illustrations, including close-up photos, three-view drawings, and computer-generated full-color representations of the guns from every angle, making this the most complete reference available.
Author : Jak P. Mallmann Showell
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Hitler's Naval Bases written by Jak P. Mallmann Showell and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-01-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hitler's U-boats and his dreaded pocket battleships such as Bismarck and Tirpitz - Churchill dubbed the latter as 'The Beast' - continue to fascinate an ever-growing interest in the Second World War. Despite a numerical disadvantage when compared the Royal Navy, Hitler's U-boats wrecked havoc in the Atlantic against vulnerable convoys and the doomed Bismarck took on the might of Britain's battleships in a mighty clash of the titans. Hitler's Naval Bases, a work of love that took the author over forty years to research and write, is the most comprehensive and dedicated book on the subject matter. A world's first, it covers bases in remarkable detail from the smallest and unmanned locations to the largest dedicated bases in Lorient, Kiel and Wilhemshaven. The book covers the different types of naval base from isolated and forgotten bases, escape and survival bases, to the extremities of the main naval bases. The functions and various departments - artillery, ship construction to dockyard medical service - are explained as are North Sea naval bases in Emden, The Weser Ports and Cuxhaven, Baltic ports, the major bases that never were ('The Lobster's Claw on Heligoland') to France, Asia and German colonies, including re-fuelling in Spain and bases located in Russia and in the 'Heart of England'. Also covered are naval artillery and naval infantry as well as the anatomy of coastal artillery batteries, the shipping yards and even rules for living in such conditions. A most lavish and phenomenal book, it is beautifully illustrated with over 200 unpublished photographs complemented with thousands of unique interviews with veterans during the war as well as survivors. A labour of love, Hitler's Naval Bases is written by a world's leading authoritarian figure and is an essential book for those interested in the armed forces of the Third Reich.
Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1526777134
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book British Naval Weapons of World War Two written by Norman Friedman and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Lambert was a renowned naval draughtsman, whose plans were highly valued for their accuracy and detail by modelmakers and enthusiasts. By the time of his death in 2016 he had produced over 850 sheets of drawings, many of which have never been published. These have now been acquired by Seaforth and this is the third of a planned series of albums on selected themes, reproducing complete sheets at a large page size, with an expert commentary and captioning. The initial volumes concentrate on British naval weaponry used in the Second World War, thus completing the project John Lambert was working on when he died. His interest was always focused on smaller warships and his weapons drawings tend to be of open mountings – the kind that present a real challenge to modelmakers – rather than enclosed turret guns, but he also produced drawings of torpedo tubes, underwater weapons, fire-control directors and even some specific armament-related deck fittings. Following the earlier volumes on destroyer and escort armament, this one covers the multitude of weapons carried by Coastal Forces, many of which were improvised, ad hoc or obsolescent, but eventually leading to powerful purpose-designed weaponry. An appendix covers the main deck guns carried by British submarines of this era. The drawings are backed by introductory essays by Norman Friedman, an acknowledged authority on naval ordnance, while a selection of photographs adds to the value of the book as visual reference. Over time, the series will be expanded to make this unique technical archive available in published form, a move certain to be welcomed by warship modellers, enthusiasts and the many fans of John Lambert’s work.
Author : David Porter
Publisher : Amber Books
ISBN 13 : 9781782746300
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (463 download)
Download or read book Russian Weapons of World War II written by David Porter and published by Amber Books. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Soviet forces during World War II had some of the most reliable, robust, and revolutionary military hardware available. From artillery to aircraft, small arms to ships, and tanks to trucks, this expert reference explores the weaponry that made the Russian Army so powerful. Packed with easy-to-understand diagrams, graphs, and illustrations, it's essential reading for anyone interested in military technology.
Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612519571
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Naval Anti-Aircraft Guns and Gunnery written by Norman Friedman and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book does for naval anti-aircraft defense what FriedmanÕs Naval Firepower did for surface gunnery Ð it makes a highly complex but historically crucial subject accessible to the layman. It traces the growing aerial threat from its inception in WWI and the response of each of the major navies down to the end of WWII, highlighting in particular the underestimated danger from dive-bombing. The work considers what effective AA fire-control required, and how well each navyÕs systems actually worked, analyzing the weapons, how they were placed on ships, and how this reflected the tactical concepts of naval AA defense. All important guns, directors and electronics are represented in close-up photos and drawings, and lengthy appendices detail their technical data. It is, simply, another superb contribution to naval technical history by its leading exponent.
Author : William B. Breuer
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0470256524
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Secret Weapons of World War II written by William B. Breuer and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-08-24 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Acclaim for Secret Weapons of World War II "Breuer has produced yet another collection of rip-roaring tales. . . . A delightful addition to the niche that Breuer has so successfully carved out." -Publishers Weekly "It is Breuer's portrayal of the competition for technological superiority between the Allies and the Nazis that grabs the reader and shows the significance of each wartime discovery and invention." -State Journal-Register, Springfield, Illinois In the fast-paced, suspenseful Secret Weapons of World War II, noted military historian William Breuer chronicles the clandestine battle that occurred between the brilliant scientists and codebreakers of the Allies and the Axis powers. Re-creating the covert missions, hoaxes, spying, conspiracies, and electronic sleuthing, Breuer deftly uncovers the spectacular feats of the fascinating men and women who determined the outcome of the war-providing an unprecedented look at the least-known operations and plots conducted by both sides.
Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849083819
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Italian Battleships of World War II written by Mark Stille and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-20 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italy's navy, the Regia Marina was the fourth-largest naval force in the world at the outbreak of World War II, and yet is often overlooked and largely discounted as ineffective. In general the fleet was made up of obsolete vessels, lacked radar functionality, and had a reputation for indiscipline and poorly trained crews. The complex and bureaucratic command system imposed on the fleet further hampered its effectiveness. In this book, Mark Stille details why the Italian battleships were able to maintain a solid reputation, examining their impressive designs and the courage and determination of the fleet at Calabria, Sirte, Cape Spartiveto and Cape Matapan, all illustrated with stunning photographs from the Italian Navy's own archives.
