1st Edition
Royal Navy Strategy in the Far East 1919-1939 Planning for War Against Japan
By Andrew Field
Copyright 2004
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Between the ending of the Great War and the start of the Second World War in 1939, the Royal Navy remained the largest in the world. But with the League of Nations seeming to offer a solution to all future conflicts, a country weary of war and without an obvious enemy there seemed no need for a large battlefleet. The strategic focus shifted eastwards, to Japan, with its growing battlefleet as the... Read more
1. The Influence of a Far Eastern Strategy on British Naval Policy 2. A Far Eastern Strategy; War Memorandum (Eastern) 3. Admiral Richmond and War Memorandum (Eastern) 4. Developing the Far Eastern Strategy; War Memorandum (Eastern) & Changing Circumstances, 1931-1941 5. Battle Fleet Tactics and a War in the Far East 6. The Royal Navy's Strategic & Tactical Exercises 7. Japan's Naval Strategy & Tactics in the Far East 8. Main Fleet to Singapore: The sinking of HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse and the end of War Memorandum (Eastern) 9. Conclusion: War Memorandum ( Eastern ) and the Royal Navy's Strategic, Operational and Tactical Development
Biography
Andrew Field gained an MPhil at the University of Leeds on the subject of the Royal Navy during the 1920s and 1930s. He is trained as a teacher and has run history departments in Suffolk schools since 1977.
