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The British Sailor of the First World War: Shire Library, cartea 816

Autor Quintin Colville
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 apr 2015
How the Royal Navy saw off the U-boat challenge in the Great War, and the daily lives of its sailors.In 1914 Great Britain's navy was the largest and most powerful the world had ever seen - but what was the everyday experience of those who served in it? This fully illustrated book looks at the British sailor's life during the First World War, from the Falkland Islands to the East African coast and the North Sea. Meals in the stokers' mess and the admiral's cabin; the claustrophobic terrors of the engine room or submarine; the long separations from loved ones that were the shared experience of all ranks; the perils faced by Royal Naval Air Service pilots - drawing on previously unpublished materials from the National Maritime Museum collections, this is an authoritative and vivid account of lives lived in quite extraordinary circumstances.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780747814405
ISBN-10: 0747814406
Pagini: 72
Ilustrații: 42 b/w; 32 col
Dimensiuni: 149 x 210 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Shire Publications
Seria Shire Library

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Dr Quintin Colville is Curator of Naval History at the National Maritime Museum, and was lead curator of both its 'Forgotten Fighters: the First World War at Sea' exhibition and its 'Nelson, Navy, Nation' gallery.

Cuprins

Introduction1914: The Royal Navy and its SailorsFighting a Global WarThe Navy in Northern Waters: 1914-15The Navy's War on Land and in the AirThe Navy's War Beneath the WavesThe Battle of Jutland and Beyond: 1916-18ConclusionSuggested ReadingPlaces to VisitIndex