On Seas Contested

by O'Hara, Vincent P.

• ISBN13: 9781591146469
• ISBN10: 1591146461
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-15
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr

Summary

An international team of naval historians and scholars has pooled their expertise for this definitive reference on how the great navies of World War II were organized and how they trained, operated, and fought. They provide a point-by-point evaluation on the inner workings of the navies of the United States, the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, Japan, Germany, Italy, France, and the Soviet Union. Each navy has its own chapter, which covers such key features as weaponry, training, logistics, and doctrine. In bringing together data buried in specialized works in various languages, the authors deliver a fresh, multinational view of the naval war.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
France: The Marine Nationale	p. 1
Germany: The Kriegsmarine	p. 39
Great Britain: The Royal Navy	p. 80
Italy: The Regia Marina	p. 123
Japan: The Teikoku Kaigun	p. 157
USA: The United States Navy	p. 209
USSR: The Voenno-morskoi Flot SSSR	p. 253
Guns and Torpedoes	p. 291
Comparative Ranks	p. 301
Conversions and Abbreviations	p. 303
Notes	p. 307
Bibliography	p. 313
Index	p. 323
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