Naval Campaigns and Battles of World War 2

Based on the "The War at Sea" by Gordon Smith, published by Ian Allan 1989

"an invaluable reference book on the war at sea .... as well as an informative guide to naval strategy", Lloyds List

"enormously helpful and a great time-saver" .... "I only wish it had come out about four years ago" - John Terraine, Sunday Telegraph

"... a remarkable book. ... For the researcher or professional reader, "The War at Sea" will be invaluable. The general reader .... will benefit from having the whole picture explained .... and .... from the simplicity and conciseness of the information and its presentation" - Ships Monthly

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Photographs are mainly courtesy of Steve Johnson of Cyberheritage (CH), Maurice & Paul Whiteing, HMS Indomitable images (M/PW), Michael Pocock of Maritime Quest (MQ), David Page of NavyPhotos (NP), Peter Swarbrick of Ships Pictures (SP), plus Franklin D Roosevelt Library (FDR), US Naval Historical Centre (US), US Library of Congress (LC) and their contributors. (Each image is acknowledged by the abbreviation for the main source and name of the individual contributor if appropriate). My thanks to all of them.

by Type of Warfare, Major Navies and Theatres:

Background

Naval & Military Technology

Atom Bombs, Codes, Conferences, Politics, Rockets, War Crimes

Types of Warfare/and Navies

Aircraft Carrier Warfare

Amphibious Operations

Actions involving Coastal, Inshore and Special Naval Warfare

Actions involving Mine Warfare and Mine Vessels

British Navy at Beginning and End of World War 2

Royal Navy Battle Honours - linked to campaign summaries

British Submarines at War

United States Navy prepares for War, 1939-1941

German Surface Navy at War

German U-boats at War

Italian Navy at War

THEATRES

Atlantic & Arctic

Atlantic & Europe at the Start

Battle of the Atlantic - Battles & Warship Losses

Battle of the Atlantic - Development

Russian Convoys

Western & Eastern Europe

Western Europe 1939-June 1944

Norway, including the Norwegian Campaign 1940

Battles of Britain

Eastern Europe & Russian Front

Normandy Landings, June 1944

Western Europe, June 1944-1945, incl. South of France Landings

Mediterranean area

Mediterranean, East Africa & Near East at the Start

Balkans, Greece & Crete, incl. 1943 British Aegean Campaign

East Africa, Red Sea, Near East

North African Campaigns, incl. French North African Landings

British Navy in the Mediterranean, incl. Malta Convoys

Italian Campaign, incl. Sicily, Salerno & Anzio Landings

South of France, and Landings, August 1944

Indian & Pacific Oceans

Indian & Pacific Oceans at the Start

Japanese Conquests

Indian Ocean & SE Asia, incl Burma

Pacific Ocean Campaigns

Australian, British & New Zealand Navies in the Pacific

Each Summary is complete in its own right. The same information may therefore be found in a number of related summaries e.g. "U-boats at War" in "Battle of the Atlantic"; "British Submarines" in "Royal Navy in the Mediterranean" etc.

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