Maritime - Wartime

This classic Images of War book traces the key role played by destroyers of the United States Navy since the first order for 16 in 1898. Prior to the USA’s entry into the First World War a further 63 destroyers were commissioned and, due to the U-boat threat, 267 more were authorised by Congress once hostilities were joined.

Author: Michael Green

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 208pp. 19cm by 25cm.

ISBN 9781526758545

Weight.0.678kg

Original Price: £16.99

Volume II Escorts and Smaller Fighting Ships.

Author: Przemyslaw Budzbon, Jan Radziemski, Marek Twardowski

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

Hardback. 304pp. 24.8cm by 29.2cm.

ISBN: 9781399022774

Weight: 1.615kg

Original Price: £45.00

As this well researched work reveals, Hitler’s handling the German Navy during the Second World War was full of contradictions.

Author: Adrian Stewart.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 212pp. 16x24x2cm.

ISBN: 9781526710574

Weight: 550g.

Original Price: £19.99

1945 to the Present

In September 1945, with the surrender of Japan, some ninety-eight battleships or ex-battleships might be spotted around the world, and eleven of them were in or around Tokyo Bay for the surrender itself. What happened to all those ships?

Author: Chris Baker.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 146pp. 18x25x3.2cm.

ISBN: 9781399070089

Weight: 1.25kg.

Original Price: £30.00

The Design and Careers of Capital Ships of the World’s Navies 1900–1950

Author: Bruce Taylor.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 440pp. 24.6x26.5x3.2cm.

ISBN: 9781848321786

Weight: 2.1kg.

Original Price: £40.00

During the history of the White Star Line there were two international disputes – the Boer Wars and the First World War. White Star Line vessels valiantly served in both, including the Big Four: Celtic, Cedric, Baltic and Adriatic.

Author: Patrick Mylon

Publisher: History Press

Paperback. 108pp. 24.8cm by 22.6cm.

ISBN: 9780750988117

Weight: 450g

Original Price: £19.99