The Royal Navy's Home Fleet in World War 2

ISBN-13: 9781403917737 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 222 str.

James P. Levy

Opis

During WWII the mission of the Navy was, first and foremost, 'holding the line' against the German surface fleet, preventing it from disrupting the vital transatlantic sea-lanes or escorting an invasion force to Britain. The importance of holding the line cannot be over-emphasised but it is often overlooked as there was no decisive battle on the seas surrounding Britain in WWII. This work is a strategic and operational history of the Home Fleet. It examines the role of the home fleet in allied strategy and how well the home fleet carried out the missions assigned to it within the framework of that strategy.

Recenzje

'Levy tells a general story, but he tells it well, with a good deal of interesting observations along the way.' - Geoffrey Till, War in History

Spis treści

List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction The Royal Navy and the Home Fleet: Men, Material and Strategy; 1919-1939 The Home Fleet at the Outset of War Cat and Mouse: German Initiatives, British Reactions, October 1939 - March 1940 Norway: A Man-Made Disaster; April - June 1940 Thin Grey Line: The Home Fleet in the Defence of Great Britain, June 1940 - June 1941 The Germans Roll the Dice: April - June 1941 The Hard Road to Murmansk: June 1941 - May 1945 The Path to Victory: May 1943 - May 1945 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

O autorze

JAMES LEVY earned his PhD from the University of Wales, Swansea, and has published articles in The Mariner's Mirror, The Naval War College Review and The Journal of Strategic Studies. He lives on Long Island and teaches History at Hofstra University and SUNY Farmingdale.