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Chargement... British Cruiser Warfare: The Lessons of the Early War 1939–1941par Alan Raven
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Detailed and technical examination of the Royal Navy's cruisers in the early years of WWII - a time when this class of ship was at its most important stemming the tide of defeats in Europe. A must have for RN tragics- a research tour-de-force but not a light read. ( ) Although there is a great deal of useful information in this work, it's hard for me to be very enthusiastic about it. What this essentially boils down to is that one can't forget that this is a fragment of what was going to be a larger book. Perhaps if it had been advertised straight-up as a chronology I might feel a little less judgemental. I'd also be less judgemental if a follow-on work giving an overview of RN cruisers during the rest of the war emerged. When one thinks about it, Alan Raven has to be a rather old man and one suspects that this product is a result of a ruthless assessment of what he was really capable of getting done in the time he had left. Read as an inter-library loan but, if I had the option to buy a remaindered copy, I'd take advantage of it. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"An outstanding contribution to the historiography of the Second World War at sea . . . . an excellent book." --The Australian Naval Institute Cruisers were the Navy's maids-of-all-work, employed in a greater variety of roles than any other warship type. Smaller, faster, and far more numerous than battleships, they could be risked in situations where capital ships were too vulnerable, while still providing heavy gunfire support for smaller ships or anti-aircraft cover for the fleet. As such, they were in the frontline of the naval war from the outset--and from its first days, the fighting provided unexpected challenges and some very unpleasant surprises, not least the efficacy of air power. Cruisers learned to deal with these new realities in the Norway campaign and later in the Mediterranean, partly through the introduction of new technology--notably radar--but also by codifying the hard-won experience of those involved. This highly original book analyses the first years of the war when the sharpest lessons were learned, initially describing every action and its results, and then summarizing in individual chapters the conclusions that could be drawn for the many aspects of a cruiser's duties. These include the main roles like surface gunnery, shore bombardment, anti-aircraft tactics, and fighter direction, but also encompass technology like radar, ASDIC, and shipborne aircraft, and even tackle more human issues such as shipboard organization, damage control, the impact of weather, and the morale factor. It also attempts to evaluate the importance of electronic warfare, intelligence and code-breaking, and concludes with a comparison between the performance of British cruisers and their Italian and German opponents. Thought-provoking and sometimes controversial, this is a book that should be read by everyone interested in the Second World War at sea. Includes maps and photos Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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