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| 3983 | BURGESS, Malcolm William. Warships of Today. 144p., illus. Oxford: OUP, 1940.
An overall technical view. First published in 1936 as Warships Today. |
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| 3984 | BUTLER, James G. Fighting Ships in Perspective. 105p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Ian Allan, 1981. ISBN: 0711010285.
Fully illustrated short histories of Rodney, Warspite,USS Washington,USS South Dakota, Scharnhorst,and Gniesenau. |
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| 3985 | ELLIS, Chris. Famous Ships of World War 2 in Colour. 210p., illus., index. Poole: Blandford, 1976; New York: Arco, 1977. ISBN: 0713707860.
Some 71 colour plates are followed by descriptions of the ships and their careers. The ships were chosen as being representative of the ships or classes of ships of all the combatant nations. |
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| 3986 | FITZSIMONS, Bernard. Warships of the Second World War (Purnell's History of the World Wars Special). 64p., illus. London: Phoebus, 1973.
An unfortunate title for a series of 12 essays on various operations, mainly involving Britain and Germany, from the war at sea. Relies heavily on photos and artwork from Purnell's eight-volume History of the Second World War. |
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| 3987 | GARDINER, Robert, ed. The Eclipse of the Big Gun: The Warship 1906–45 (History of the Ship). 224p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Conway, 1993. ISBN: 0851775667.
The first volume in a 12-volume series with the ambitious aim of becoming the standard reference work on ship technology. Each chapter covers a different type of ship and is written by a well-known expert. Profusely illustrated and encyclopaedic. |
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| 3988 | HARDY, A. C. Warships at Work: A Naval Notebook Explaining in Text and by Profile Some Functions of the Principal Warship Types of the World (Penguin Special, 60). 144p., illus. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1940.
"This book is intended to be everyman's handy guide to those characteristics which a warship is called upon to employ when she works." |
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| 3989 | JORDAN, John. Warships After Washington: The Development of the Five Major Fleets 1922-1930. xiv, 335 p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2011; Annapolis: NIP, 2012. ISBN: 9781848321175.
The Washington Treaty of 1922 agreed to legally binding limits on the numbers and sizes of the principal warship types. In doing so, it introduced a new constraint into naval architecture and sponsored many ingenious attempts to maximise the power of ships built within those restrictions. The approach of this book is novel in combining coverage of the political and strategic background of the treaty and the subsequent London Treaty of 1930 with analysis of exactly how the navies of Britain, the USA, Japan, France and Italy responded. |
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| 3990 | LEEMING, Joseph. Brave Ships of World War II. 238p., illus. London: Nelson, [1944].
Some well-known stories of individual ships. |
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| 3991 | LYON, D. J., & LYON, H. J. World War II Warships. [vi], 127p., illus. London: Orbis, 1976. ISBN: 0856132209.
Photographs and drawings of some of the major units of the major wartime Navies, arranged by country and then by type. There is a general accompanying critique of changes in design. |
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| 3992 | PRESTON, Antony. An Illustrated History of the Navies of WWII. 224p., illus. London: PRC, 1989. Although there is some account of campaigns this focuses heavily on the make-up and equipment of the protagonists. Notably well illustrated. Reprinted on several occasions, including Bison Books in 1979 and 1982 (ISBN: 0861240715), Gallery books in 1985 (ISBN: 0831763396), PRC in 1988 and 1998 (ISBN:1856484718). |
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| 3993 | RIMINGTON, Critchell. Fighting Fleets: A Survey of the Navies of the World. 3 vols., illus., index. New York: Dodd Mead, 1942–44.
Aims to provide a reasonably comprehensive picture of some representative ships and planes and to describe their employment. Published as three annual volumes. |
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| 3994 | ROSIGNOLI, Guido. Naval and Marine Badges and Insignia of World War 2. 167p., illus. Poole: Blandford, 1980. ISBN: 0671060082.
An excellently illustrated and exhaustive guide. Reissued by Peerage in 1983 as Badges and Insignia of World War II. |
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| 3995 | TALBOT-BOOTH, E. C. All the World's Fighting Fleets. 3rd ed. xix, 738p., illus. London: Sampson Low, [1940]. The first two editions were prewar; three other editions were published during the war. A rival to Jane's Fighting Ships and full of technical information. |
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| 3996 | TANTUM, William H., & HOFFSCHMIDT, E. J. Navy Uniforms, Insignia and Warships of World War II. viii, 268p., illus. Old Greenwich: WE Inc., [1968].
Largely consists of line drawings of the warships of the major combatants and details of uniform of 16 countries. |
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| 3997 | The Aircraft Carriers of Great Britain, USA and Axis Nations. 28p., illus. Southport: Real Photographs Co., [1943].
A brief text with the leading details of the ships accompanied by some excellent photographs. . |
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| 3998 | BAGNASCO, Erminio. Submarines of World War II. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour; Annapolis: NIP, 1977. ISBN: 085368331X. A full technical account of the submarines of all the belligerents of WWII, whether operational or not. The boats are discussed by country and class and the whole is profusely illustrated. A new edition was published by Seaforth in 2018, ISBN: 9781526744531. |
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| 3999 | BREYER, Siegfried. Battleships of the World, 1905–1970. 400p., illus. Greenwich: Conway; New York: Mayflower, 1980. ISBN: 0851771815.
A photographic record of all capital ships built in the period, with detailed accompanying captions. Arranged by country then class. |
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| 4000 | BROWN, David. Aircraft Carriers (World War2 Fact Files). 64p., illus. London: Macdonald & Jane's; New York: Arco, 1977. ISBN: 0668041641.
A review with brief details of the actual and planned aircraft carriers of all the belligerents, arranged by country and class. Only fleet carriers are included. |
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| 4001 | CHANT, Christopher. An Illustrated Data Guide to Battleships of World War II. 77p., illus. London: Tiger Books; St. Catharines, Ont.: Vanwell, 1977. ISBN: 1855018578.
A good but very limited illustrated pocket guide. Classes are described in three to five pages in country order, but the British list is limited to the Hood, Nelson,and King George V classes for example. |
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| 4002 | CHANT, Christopher. An Illustrated Data Guide to Submarines of World War II. 77p., illus. London: Tiger Books; St. Catharines, Ont.: Vanwell, 1977. ISBN: 1855018659.
A good but very limited illustrated pocket guide. Classes are described in three to five pages in country order, but only the major operational types are included. |
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