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Color Series - Famous Ships of World War II

By: Arco Publishing

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Arco Publishing)

Last Stocked on 4/13/2017

Product Info

Title
Color Series - Famous Ships of World War II
Publisher
Category
Publish Year
1977
Pages
210
Dimensions
9x11x.75"
NKG Part #
2147615223
Type
Softcover

Description

This book follows the style of Laurence Dunn's Merchant Ships of the World in Colour 1910-29 and was originally going to be restricted to warships only. However, the title was broadened to include some mercantile ships or ships of merchant origin, since both world wars saw sea warfare become 'total' conflict, above, on, and below the ocean, and any ship at sea was likely to get involved in some aspect of hostilities, including the most innocent of neutrals. Modern sea warfare is uncompromisingly hostile, for apart from the hazards of shot, shell, torpedo, and bomb there is the common enemy of all ships and mariners, the sea and the weather, which can kill and destroy even when weapons fail to do so.