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Author : Ian Cameron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Red Duster, White Ensign written by Ian Cameron and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ian CAMERON (pseud.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (558 download)
Download or read book Red Duster, White Ensign. Five Days to Hell written by Ian CAMERON (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Ian CAMERON (pseud.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (558 download)
Download or read book Red Duster, White Ensign. The Story of the Malta Convoys. [With Plates.]. written by Ian CAMERON (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Joseph Parker
Publisher : Book Printing UK
ISBN 13 : 9781912694747
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (947 download)
Download or read book Red Duster to White Ensign written by Charles Joseph Parker and published by Book Printing UK. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of an ordinary man who had a true love of the sea, but as a consequence of the war had to deal, as did many others, with extraordinary experiences. Leaving his Cornish village of Landewednack in 1921 Charles, then aged fifteen, began his career in the Merchant Navy as a 2nd Class Saloon Boy with the Union Castle Line travelling to South Africa. He moved on to work on the Great Western Railways Channel Island Ferry, working his way up to 2nd then 1st Class Assistant Steward. Before long he was in the Mediterranean working on a cable ship, and for the next ten years on a cargo freighter travelling to Australia and New Zealand. At the outbreak of World War II Charles signed T124X Articles and joined the Royal Navy as 2nd Steward, subsequently rated at Chief Petty Officer and eventually Chief Steward 1st Class. He saw service in several 'theatres of war' including two Russian Convoys and in the Mediterranean (North Africa and Salerno) before being released from Naval Service in 1946. Following this, Charles, like a lot of people who had served in the war, suffered from ill-health and consequently never went to sea again: starting 'another life ashore' with his family.
Author : Ian Cameron
Publisher : London : Muller [c1959]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (493 download)
Download or read book Red Duster, White Ensign written by Ian Cameron and published by London : Muller [c1959]. This book was released on 1959 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Malcolm Slader
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Red Duster at War written by John Malcolm Slader and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Pearson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783037113
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Download or read book The Ohio and Malta written by Michael Pearson and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This WWII naval history recounts one of the most iconic actions of Allied courage under fire as the embattled SS Ohio completes its mission to Malta. The fortified island of Malta was the lynchpin of the Allied campaign in the Mediterranean and North African theaters. It was the vital base from which to attack Axis convoys supplying Rommel's Panzer Army in Libya. The difficulties of keeping supplies, especially oil, flowing to Malta, however, were immense. By August of 1942, after multiple supply convoys had been thwarted, the Mediterranean stronghold had one last chance at survival: Operation Pedestal. Subjected to ferocious air and submarine attacks, the Pedestal convoy suffered terrific losses. The SS Ohio, the convoy’s only tanker, took a direct hit from a torpedo, direct bomb hits, and was struck by two Luftwaffe aircraft. Practically broken in two, Ohio kept her vital cargo intact and was towed into Malta's Grand Harbor for unloading. Never before has such a careful study been made of the American-built vessel that came to symbolize the miraculous relief effort.
Author : Douglas Austin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135769389
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)
Download or read book Malta and British Strategic Policy, 1925-43 written by Douglas Austin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major reassessment of a key aspect of British strategy and defence policy in the first half of the twentieth century. The main contribution of this new study is an investigation of the role of Malta in British military strategy, as planned and as it actually developed, in the period between the mid 1920s and the end of the war in North Africa in May 1943. It demonstrates that the now widely accepted belief that Malta was 'written off as indefensible' before the war was mistaken, and focuses on Malta's actual wartime role in the Mediterranean war, assessing the numerous advantages, many often ignored, that the British derived from retention of the island. The conclusions made challenge recent assertions that Malta's contribution was of limited value and will be of great interest to both students and professionals in the field.
Author : Peter C. Smith
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811735141
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)
Download or read book The Great Ships written by Peter C. Smith and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military historian Smith offers an authoritative study of British battleships in World War II, highlighting stirring episodes of naval combat around the globe.
Author : Robin HIgham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317390202
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book A Guide to the Sources of British Military History written by Robin HIgham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to fill an overlooked gap, this book, originally published in 1972, provides a single unified introduction to bibliographical sources of British military history. Moreover it includes guidance in a number of fields in which no similar source is available at all, giving information on how to obtain acess to special collections and private archives, and links military history, especially during peacetime, with the development of science and technology.
Author : Jim Allaway
Publisher : Periscope Publishing Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9781904381235
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (812 download)
Download or read book Hero of the Upholder written by Jim Allaway and published by Periscope Publishing Ltd.. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is Allaway's international biography of Britain's greatest ever submarine captain.
Author : David Horner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472833945
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book The Second World War written by David Horner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together the work of nine leading historians, and superbly illustrated with contemporary photography and colour maps, The Second World War gives readers a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of history's greatest conflict. The period from 1939 to 1945 saw some of the most devastating and remarkable events in living memory. Labouring beneath a daily burden of fear, sacrifice, deprivation and uncertainty, soldiers and civilians of all nationalities were driven to extremes of selfless loyalty, dogged determination or bitter cruelty by the demands of a world at war. This book tells the stories of the men and women who lived and died during the Second World War, from politicians to factory workers, and from High Command to the conscripted men on the front lines. The experience of war is brought to life through a wealth of contemporary documentation, private writings and historical research, whilst the political, military and historical significance of the war is assessed and examined. From Europe's Western and Eastern Fronts to the war at sea, and from the Pacific to the Mediterranean and North Africa, every fighting front of the Second World War is covered in this truly comprehensive volume.
Author : Anthony Rogers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147284887X
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book Battle of Malta written by Anthony Rogers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed, illustrated exploration of the land, sea and air units that defended Malta, and the repeated Axis attempts to bring the crucial Allied island fortress to its knees. On 11 June 1940, the British crown colony of Malta – which dominated the central Mediterranean and all-important sea routes to and from North Africa – was bombed for the first time by aircraft of the Italian Regia Aeronautica. The Italians were joined in their efforts by the German Luftwaffe in January 1941. Malta was effectively beleaguered for nearly two and a half years, dependent for survival on naval supply convoys and reliant for defence on often-outnumbered fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft guns. Anthony Rogers provides a retelling of these events, drawing on accounts from both sides. This work features carefully selected photographic images, some previously unpublished. Seven specially commissioned colour maps explore the stategic situation in the Mediterranean in this period, the military sectors into which Malta's defence was divided, and German minelaying operations around the island. The three stunning battlescene artworks and 3D bird's-eye views show key events from the battle, including the 26 July 1941 German attack on the Grand Harbour, and the major Luftwaffe raid 21 March 1942.
Author : Ernie Bradford
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1848845847
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)
Download or read book Siege Malta 1940-1943 written by Ernie Bradford and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2011-11-17 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated midway between Europe and Africa, Malta played a central role in the battles for the mastery of North Africa. The island was the vital supply base for British and Imperial troops in the to-and-fro desert campaigns against, first, Italy and then Germany and Rommels Afrika Korps. The three-year siege of Malta was one of the longest in history. In this thrilling account the author, who first came to know and love Malta whilst serving with the Royal Navy during the Second World War, paints a vivid picture of the suffering of the island and its population. He draws on personal accounts and reminiscences of the participants; he tells of the occasional despair that turned to joy when the convoys got through with much-needed supplies and of the bravery of both the civilians and the armed forces stationed there that uniquely won for Malta the George Cross. Ernle Bradford was born in Norfolk in 1922 and joined the Royal Navy at eighteen. He served with distinction throughout the Second World War. After the war he based himself in Malta, sailing the Mediterranean in a number of small boats and writing prolifically about its history. Among his other books are The Great Siege: Malta 1565, Ulysses Found, Mediterranean: Portrait of a Sea, Cleopatra, Hannibal, The Shield and the Sword and Christopher Columbus. He died in 1986.
Author : Donald Caldwell
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 1461751209
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)
Download or read book JG 26 Luftwaffe Fighter Wing War Diary written by Donald Caldwell and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Day-by-day account of a German fighter squadron, one of only two Luftwaffe units to spend the entire war in the West Covers the Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, the Dieppe raid, and more JG 26 was known as "The Abbeville Boys" and seen by the Allies as an elite squadron Unit flew Messerschmitt Bf 109s and Focke-Wulf Fw 190s
Author : Adrian Stewart
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473873924
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book February 1942 written by Adrian Stewart and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the saying goes 'it is darkest before the dawn' and so it was for Churchill and the British people during the Second World War.During February 1942, bad news of disasters came in an unbroken and seemingly endless sequence from the Far East to the Home Front. Some such as the Fall of Singapore and the Royal Navy's humiliation over the escape of the Scharhnhorst and Gneisenau are well known but always worth re-telling. Others less written about such as the challenge to Churchill at home, heavily strained relations with Commonwealth allies, the Japanese raid on Darwin and Rommel's return in North Africa were equally serious and full of foreboding for the future outcome of the War.February 1942 was in retrospect, the month in which many long-established beliefs were destroyed for ever. It was the month that confirmed that Britain no longer ruled the waves; that saw British prestige so damaged that it could never be fully restored; that foreshadowed and ensured the end of Britain's Empire; that demonstrated the immense strain that could be put on Britain's relations with the Commonwealth's self-governing Dominions. In short it was the month that changed Britain's world.It was also the month at the end of which Britain seemed likely to lose the War. Happily, this did not prove the case so perhaps February 1942 further shows that a country can receive terrible blows but still survive and endure.
Author : Paul McDonald
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473860105
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Malta's Greater Siege & Adrian Warburton DSO* DFC** DFC (USA) written by Paul McDonald and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a true historical account of war in the air, at sea and on land in the battle for Malta's survival in the Second World War. It was a battle which decided the outcome of the war in North Africa and the Mediterranean. Adrian Warburton, the airman described in the subtitle by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder, went missing in 1944 in a single-seat American aircraft. He had flown at least 395 operational missions mostly from Malta. Unusually for a reconnaissance pilot, 'Warby' as he was known was credited with nine aircraft shot down. He lay undiscovered for sixty years. He is the RAF's most highly decorated photo-recce pilot.In Malta, Adrian met Christina, a stranded dancer turned aircraft plotter in the secret world deep beneath Valletta's fortress walls. She too was decorated for heroism. Together, they became part of the island's folklore. How important was Malta and the girl from Cheshire to the man behind the medals? This tale takes the form of a quest opening in a cemetery in Bavaria and closing in another in Malta. In between, the reader is immersed within the tension and drama surrounding Malta's Greater Siege retracing the steps of the main characters over the forever changed face of the island following its heroic victory.
