Provides information about the role of the navies during World War II in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian, and Pacific oceans. Includes photos, a chronology, a glossary, and an index.
General Note
Originally published as v. 3 in The Second World War. Oxford : Osprey, 2002-2003.
Content Note
Introduction -- Chronology -- Background to war : World War II -- Warring sides : reluctant adversaries -- Outbreak : opening moves -- The fighting : across the world's seas -- Portrait of a sailor : Peter Herbert Owen, Royal Navy midshipman -- The world around war : the impact of war -- Portrait of a civilian : John Delaney-Nash, merchant mariner -- How the war ended : the German fleet is scuttled -- Conclusion and consequences : the price of admiralty.