Название: The War of the Gun Boats
Автор: Bryan Cooper
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1848840187
Год: 2009
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 224
Размер: 1,5 МБ
Язык: Английский
The 'little ships' of the Second World War - the fast and highly maneuverable motor torpedo boats and gunboats which fought in coastal waters all over the world - developed a special kind of naval warfare. With their daring nightly raids against an enemy's coastal shipping - and sometimes much larger warships - they acquired the buccaneering spirit of an earlier age.