WAR AT SEA 1939-1945.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally published in Germany in 1992 under the title 'Der Kreig zur see 1939-1945'. First published in UK by Chatham Publishing,1996.This edn UK,2001 by Caxton Editions.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£28.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj with red+white lettering to both panels; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.All corners of dw/dj with minimal rubbing and reciprocal, subsequent loss to same,head of spine/backstrip also minimally bumped and creased.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original glazed boards with repeated dw/dj monochrome photography with red+black lettering and publisher's device to a white spine/backstrip,a black+ white chequered headband and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,7-192pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Prof.Dr Jurgen Rohwer17 chapters covering all the sea war theatres,profuse contemporary b/w photographs throughout,an index, plus [unpaginated] half-title with contemporary b/w photographic frntis to its reverse (German battleship Schleswig-Holstein entering Danzig harbour,25,August 1939,the inhabitants having no idea it was set to start WW2.Concealing German soldiers below deck who then, during the night of 1st September,left the ship to capture the Polish ship Westerplatte which had been bombarded the German battleship's guns),title page,contents list/table with acknowledgements to its reverse.
This superb illustrated history of the naval operations of the Second World War recounts the events which took place in the Baltic and North Seas,in the Arctic,the Mediterranean,the Atlantic,the Indian Ocean and the Pacific.It covers the strategies of the British,American,German, Italian and Japanese navies and also deals with the naval efforts of the smaller belligerents.
250 photographs from the archives of all the countries involved, many of them rare,bring a new insight into those events.But this book is far more than a pictorial chronology of the War; the author,who was a witness to the terrible events of 1930-45,has created a stark picture of the realities of war at sea and one of his purposes in writing this book was to give succeeding generations - amongst them future historians - some idea of how the conflict was enacted and how it affected the men who took part in it.
The book covers every aspect of the naval war from the top-level discussions and decisions concerning technical requirements and operations,to the events of the battles themselves,and to their consequences for the people involved.It portrays as truthfully as possible the events of those years,and half a century later paints a vivid and compelling picture of war at sea.
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