Naval Warfare 1919-45: An Operational History of the Volatile War

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Author(s): Malcolm H. Murfett
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Routledge

Language: English
Pages: 648

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 9
List of maps......Page 13
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 17
1 Neither one thing nor the other (1919–39)......Page 20
2 The opening gambit (1939)......Page 68
3 Much more than a phoney war (1940)......Page 85
4 Uncompromising hostilities (January–November 1941)......Page 119
5 From Pearl Harbor to Madagascar (December 1941–May 1942)......Page 154
6 Stalling the juggernaut in the early summer of 1942......Page 195
7 From defence to attack in the autumn of 1942......Page 242
8 A change in momentum (January–August 1943)......Page 276
9 Striking back (September–December 1943)......Page 310
10 Seizing the initiative (January–August 1944)......Page 343
11 Tightening the grip (September–December 1944)......Page 388
12 Stranglehold (1945)......Page 437
Conclusion: Rising to the challenge of fighting the war at sea......Page 480
Maps......Page 530
Appendix I: Allied convoy statistics......Page 549
Appendix II......Page 553
Glossary......Page 554
Select Bibliography......Page 567
Index......Page 606