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1. The Royal Navy and the Arctic Convoys

   A Naval Staff History

   Edited by Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones

   Series: Naval Staff Histories

   Published here for the first time, this volume presents a superb range of insights into this crucial effort of the Second World War. This Naval Staff History describes the vital role of the Arctic Convoys, 1941-1945 and was first issued by the Historical Section of the Admiralty as a confidential...

   Published November 5th 2006 by Routledge
2. The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean Convoys

   A Naval Staff History

   Edited by Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones

   Series: Naval Staff Histories

   This book contains the Naval Staff History originally issued by the Admiralty in 1957 as a confidential book for use within the Royal Navy. It has since been declassified and is published here for the first time, along with an extended preface. This volume describes the dangerous convoy operations...

   Published September 27th 2006 by Routledge
3. The Royal Navy and the Raids on St Nazaire and Dieppe

   By Stephen Prince

   Series: Naval Staff Histories

   An examination of two of the largest amphibious raids ever mounted. The attack on St Nazaire effectively prevented the Tirpitz from entering the Atlantic. The controversial Dieppe raid, meanwhile, provided a powerful illustration of the problems and complexities of opposed maritime assaults....

   Published December 17th 2003 by Routledge
4. The Royal Navy and the Palestine Patrol

   Edited by Ninian Stewart

   Series: Naval Staff Histories

   This is an entirely new Naval Staff History covering the period immediately after the Second World War and the Royal Navy operations to prevent illegal Jewish immigration into Palestine, at the time under British Mandate from the United Nations. The Palestine Patrol, as it became known,...

   Published May 31st 2002 by Routledge
5. German Capital Ships and Raiders in World War II

   Volume II: From Scharnhorst to Tirpitz, 1942-1944

   Series: Naval Staff Histories

   This volume is a compendium of four Battle Summaries or Naval Staff Histories produced soon after the war by the Naval Historical Branch of the Admiralty. Originally classified and designed for internal use only, these histories are published here for the first time. The documents in this book...

   Published April 29th 2002 by Routledge
6. German Capital Ships and Raiders in World War II

   Volume I: From Graf Spee to Bismarck, 1939-1941

   Series: Naval Staff Histories

   This is a comnpendium volume of three Battle Summaries or Naval Staff Histories produced soon after the war by the Naval Historical Branch of the Admiralty. Originally classified and designed for internal use only, these histories are published here for the first time. The documents in this book...

   Published April 28th 2002 by Routledge
7. The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean

   Vol.I: September 1939 - October 1940

   Series: Naval Staff Histories

   This volume deals with the first 15 months of the Mediterranean Campaign including the preparations for war, the effect of the entry of Italy into the war in June, 1940, the tragic actions against the French Fleet, and the achievement of British command of the sea, which was the defining factor for...

   Published February 26th 2002 by Routledge
8. The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean

   Vol.II: November 1940-December 1941

   Series: Naval Staff Histories

   This work covers a difficult period of the war for the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet. It covers the destruction of the Italian Fleet at Taranto by naval aircraft from the carrier Illustrious, and the entry of the German Luftwaffe into the theatre with their attack on Illustrious in 1941....

   Published November 28th 2001 by Routledge
9. Naval Operations of the Campaign in Norway, April-June 1940

   Series: Naval Staff Histories

   This is the official Naval Staff history of the Norway campaign, originally published internally in 1951. It covers the period from early April 1940 to the completion of operations in June. The operation involved most of the Royal Navy's ships in the Home theatre at the time....

   Published June 28th 2000 by Routledge
10. The Evacuation from Dunkirk

    'Operation Dynamo', 26 May-June 1940

    By W.J.R. Gardner

    Series: Naval Staff Histories

    This is the Naval Staff History of "Operation Dynamo", originally published internally in 1949. British ships evacuated nearly 100,000 men of the BEF from the beaches, and over 200,000 from harbours. Other nations' vessels carried more than 30,000....

    Published June 28th 2000 by Routledge