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Britain's Sea Soldiers
Author: Sir Herbert Edward Blumberg
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Published: 1927
Total Pages: 590
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Britain's Sea Soldiers
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Britain's Sea Soldiersa History of the Royal Marines & Their Predecessors & of Their Services in Action, Ashore & Afloat, & Upon Sundry Other Occasion
Author: Col Cyril Field
Publisher:
Published: 2014-08-08
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9781783311330
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Vol. I contains early history of the Marine Regiments including taking of Gibraltar 1704, Cartagena, Belleisle &c., down to about 1814 including Battle of Trafalgar & various coastal operations & raids. Useful second volume contains further Napoleonic campaigns, China 1840, 1860 & 1900, Crimea, Indian Mutiny, Ashanti, Egypt 1882, Sudan 1884-85, Boer War.
Soldiers of the Sea
The Royal Marines
Author: Julian Thompson
Publisher:
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 701
ISBN-13: 9780756764418
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The British Royal Marines Commandos (RM) are one of the greatest special forces in the world. Their toughness and professionalism puts them in the same league as such other elites as the SAS, the U.S. Marines and the French Foreign Legion. This is their stirring story, authoritatively told by Major General Julian Thompson. In the 18th and 19th cent. the RM served at sea but were denied advantages open to their naval shipmates -- including promotion to the highest rank and the lion's share of any prize money. This all changed in the mid-20th cent., when the RM transformed to Commandos. The book includes many new photos and previously unpublished material. Eyewitness accounts and personal narratives bring the history of the RM vividly to life.
Britain's War At Sea, 1914-1918
Author: Greg Kennedy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-20
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 1317172213
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Britain, memory of the First World War remains dominated by the trench warfare of the Western Front. Yet, in 1914 when the country declared war, the overwhelming expectation was that Britain’s efforts would be primarily focussed on the sea. As such, this volume is a welcome corrective to what is arguably an historical neglect of the naval aspect of the Great War. As well as reassessing Britain’s war at sea between 1914 and 1918, underlining the oft neglected contribution of the blockade of the Central Powers to the ending of the war, the book also offers a case study in ideas about military planning for ’the next war’. Questions about how next wars are thought about, planned for and conceptualised, and then how reality actually influences that thinking, have long been - and remain - key concerns for governments and military strategists. The essays in this volume show what ’realities’ there are to think about and how significant or not the change from pre-war to war was. This is important not only for historians trying to understand events in the past, but also has lessons for contemporary strategic thinkers who are responsible for planning and preparing for possible future conflict. Britain’s pre-war naval planning provides a perfect example of just how complex and uncertain that process is. Building upon and advancing recent scholarship concerning the role of the navy in the First World War, this collection brings to full light the dominance of the maritime environment, for Britain, in that war and the lessons that has for historians and military planners.
Britain's War At Sea, 1914-1918
Author: Greg Kennedy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-20
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 1317172205
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Britain, memory of the First World War remains dominated by the trench warfare of the Western Front. Yet, in 1914 when the country declared war, the overwhelming expectation was that Britain’s efforts would be primarily focussed on the sea. As such, this volume is a welcome corrective to what is arguably an historical neglect of the naval aspect of the Great War. As well as reassessing Britain’s war at sea between 1914 and 1918, underlining the oft neglected contribution of the blockade of the Central Powers to the ending of the war, the book also offers a case study in ideas about military planning for ’the next war’. Questions about how next wars are thought about, planned for and conceptualised, and then how reality actually influences that thinking, have long been - and remain - key concerns for governments and military strategists. The essays in this volume show what ’realities’ there are to think about and how significant or not the change from pre-war to war was. This is important not only for historians trying to understand events in the past, but also has lessons for contemporary strategic thinkers who are responsible for planning and preparing for possible future conflict. Britain’s pre-war naval planning provides a perfect example of just how complex and uncertain that process is. Building upon and advancing recent scholarship concerning the role of the navy in the First World War, this collection brings to full light the dominance of the maritime environment, for Britain, in that war and the lessons that has for historians and military planners.
