Ships won war

Sailing Ships of War 1400-1860 By: Dr. Frank Howard A first edition hardcover published by Conway Maritime Press in 1979 Green cover boards with gold writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions, dustjacket is complete, light fade to spine Postage within South Africa R70.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation **DAVE**

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2001. Soft cover, 224 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg. By focusing on 13 classic engagements in which gunboats won the day, you appreciate how they were used to establish and control empire, preserve trade routes, and police pirates and rebels. Starting with the Burma war in 1824, and ending with the dramatic escape of the Amethys t down the Yangtze in 1949, this gunboat saga depicts exploits from China to Argentina, from the Crimea to the Mississippi, and from the Persian Gulf to East Africa. 

Hard cover 1987 First edition Heavy book New condition 30cm  26cm  

 HARDCOVER BOOK OCTOPUS 1975, 140 PAGES - TEAR TO DUSTWRAPPER AT BACK OTHERWISE BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION                                   SEA WARFARE, SHIPS, NAVY, NAVAL, CANON 

Liberty, The Ships That Won the War by Peter Elphick A reprint hardcover published by Chatham Publishing in 2002 Blue cover boards with gold writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, no inscriptions, dustjacket is complete & not priceclipped, like new. Postage within South Africa will be R40-00 Overseas buyers can contact us for a postal quote. Abe #06849

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Ronnie Selley, a South African from rural Natal, joined the RAF on a short-service commission in 1937, considered the Golden Age of aviation. During these glory years of Howard Hughes and Amelia Earhart few guessed at the brewing storm and dark days to come. After completing his training on antiquated First World War aircraft, Selley was posted to 220 Squadron Coastal Command, the RAF’s under-staffed and under-equipped poor relation to the more prestigious Fighter and Bomber Commands. Tasked with reconnaissance, convoy patrols and submarine-hunting the pilots of Coastal Command chalked up more flying hours than any other RAF Command. It was not uncommon for pilots to be in the air, searching the waters of the North Atlantic, for up to sixteen hours a day, in aircraft that were neither capable of such ranges nor, initially, adequately armed to defend their charges. From the outbreak of war until after its cessation Coastal Command had aircraft in the air twenty-four hours a day, every single day. The toll this took on the men of Coastal Command was unthinkable. The first RAF pilot to sink a German U-boat, Selley went on the win the DFC for his actions during the Dunkirk evacuation. He won high praise and newspaper headlines such as “Plane fights 13 German warships”, “One RAF man bombs 3 ships, routs Nazis” and “One against eight” were not uncommon. Selley subsequently suffered acute battle fatigue and spent time convalescing at the Dunblane Hydro. Thereafter, he was posted by the Air Ministry as Air Vice-Marshal Breese’s personal pilot. On 5 March 1941 Ronnie Selley, Air Vice-Marshal Breese and the entire crew of the fully armed Lockheed Hudson they was flying experienced engine problems, lost speed, stalled and exploded on impact at Wick in northern Scotland. Paperback, 224 pages.

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How the War Was Won describes the major role played by the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in defeating the German army. In particular, the book explains the methods used in fighting the last year of the war, and raises questions as to whether mechanical warfare could have been more widely used. Hardcover. English. Routledge. 2002. ISBN: 0415076285. 232pp. Good condition in laminated hardcover. Book No: 48982

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