The War at Sea 1939-45
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Captain Roskill has long been recognised as the leading authority on the Royal Navy's part in the Second World War. His Official History (originally published for the HMSO) is unlikely ever to be superseded. His narrative is highly readable, and the analysis is clear.
Roskill describes sea battles, convoy actions…
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One of the official histories of the war at sea, Roskill was a distinguished naval officer and a brilliant historian.
This is history that is written with an eye to post-war British politics in which the Royal Navy was struggling for funds to meet the Soviet submarine menace. He also in his writings maintained the wall of secrecy around ultra-derived intelligence. This is a landmark history but one that has the added interest of being shaped by the exigencies of the Cold War.
From G.H.'s list on Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic.
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