Admiralty Salvage in Peace and War 1906 - 2006
Grope, Grub and Tremble
The importance of marine salvage during armed conflict has been vastly underestimated since becoming a vital Naval arm during the First World War. Between 1915 and 1918 the Admiralty Salvage Section saved nearly 400 merchant vessels, desperately needed to bring food and war materials into Britain.During the Second World War, some two million tons of shipping was successfully recovered. From D-Day onwards Admiralty salvage men cleared many stricken craft from the Normandy beaches alone, often under heavy shellfire. Then, as the Germans retreated back across Europe, salvage teams undertook vital port clearance duties.During the Suez Crisis, Fal…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78159-627-2
- EAN: 9781781596272
- Produktnummer: 22577801
- Verlag: Pen and Sword
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 559 KB
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