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- EditoreCaxton Editions
- Data di pubblicazione2000
- ISBN 10 1860199593
- ISBN 13 9781860199592
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine192
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SALVO! : Classic Naval Gun Actions
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Brockhampton Press, London
(1999)
ISBN 10: 1860199593
ISBN 13: 9781860199592
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. First Thus. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in laminated, illustrated boards. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Writing with years of experience of sea life, Bernard Edwards vividly recounts a varied selection of truly classic warships gun actions, emphasising the often sudden change from routine sailing to devastating and potentially lethal combat with an almost unseen enemy. Specific actions include one of the earliest naval gun battles between ironclads at the Yalu River in 1894, celebrated battle honour epics such as the Falkland Islands in 1914 and Cape Matapan in 1941, night encounters in the Pacific or the busy English Channel, confused and fickle battles such as Dogger Bank and Heligoland Bight in 1914, and lone duels to the death on the high seas such as Carmania and Cap Trafalgar in 1914 and Stephen Hopkins and Stier in 1942. Bernard Edwards skilfully sets the scene for each action, explaining the background to the naval war at the time as well as that of the individual ships involved before retelling the stirring and dramatic story of each actual clash. Throughout all accounts too there is the recognition that the warship against warship gun battle, while now part of naval history, was a unique experience that often epitomised the most splendid traditions of navies and courage in the face of the enemy. Ref CC 2. Codice articolo 033440
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