Название: The Gathering Storm: The Naval War in Northern Europe September 1939 - April 1940
Автор: Geirr H. Haarr
Издательство: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1848321406
Год: 2012
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 560
Размер: 114,8 МБ
Язык: Английский
The term 'the phony war' is often applied to the first months of the Second World War, a term suggesting inaction or passivity. That may have been the perception of the war on land, but at sea it was very different. This new book is a superb survey of the fierce naval struggles, from 1939 up to the invasion of the Norway in April 1940. The author begins the book with the sinking of the German fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919 and then covers the rebuilding of the Kriegsmarine and parallel developments in the Royal Navy, and summarises relevant advances in European navies.