Monthly Archives: January 2012
The water is calm and still below, For the winds and waves are absent there, And the sands are bright as the stars that glow In the motionless fields of upper air.
X-craft versus Tirpitz : the mystery of the missing X5 Alf R. Jacobsen ; translated from the Norwegian by J. Basil Cowlishaw World War 1939-1945 Naval operations Submarine Stroud : Sutton, 2006 Hardcover. 287 p., [16] p. of plates : … Continue reading
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Ships dim-discover’d dropping from the clouds.
Wooden ships from Texas : a World War I saga Richard W. Bricker World War 1914-1918 Naval operations American Ships Wooden Texas History 20th century College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 1998 Hardcover. 1st. ed. xvii, 216 p. : … Continue reading
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But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun Thou springest from bondage and leavest behind thee A name which before thee no mortal hath won.
With wings like eagles : a history of the Battle of Britain Michael Korda World War 1939-1945 Aerial operations British New York : Harper, c 2009 Hardcover. 1st. ed., later printing. 322 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some … Continue reading
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Since knowledge is but sorrow’s spy, It is not safe to know… Sir William Davenant, The Just Italian. Act v. Sc. 1.
There are several forms of military intelligence. The first is physical evidence reviewed to determine capability and deduce intention based on direct observations. This has its merits but when something is missed you wind up with a Pearl Harbor or … Continue reading
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We shall fight them on the beaches, we shall fight them on the streets, if we fight them in the bedroom, we shall loose between the sheets… from a popular musichall ditty of the day
We shall fight on the beaches : defying Napoleon & Hitler, 1805 and 1940 Brian Lavery Nationalism Great Britain London, Conway, 2009 Hardcover. 1st. ed. 448 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 25 cm. … Continue reading
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