Dark Seas: The Battle of Cape Matapan - Couverture rigide

9781841023038: Dark Seas: The Battle of Cape Matapan

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ISBN 10 : 1841023035 ISBN 13 : 9781841023038

Editeur : University of Plymouth Press, 2012

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Foreword written by HRH Prince Phillip who served in the action. At the outbreak of World War II, Prince Philip was still a Greek citizen, but it was decided he should continue to serve in the Royal Navy. His war got off to a slow start. In January 1940, he joined the battleship HMS Ramillies as a Midshipman and spent the following six months in the Indian Ocean, also serving on HMS Shropshire and Kent. In October 1940, Italy invaded Greece and Prince Philip became a combatant. In January 1941, he joined the battleship HMS Valiant in Alexandria. It was on board Valiant that the Prince became a participant in the night action off Cape Matapan, and was mentioned in despatches for his control of the midship searchlight. Edited by Dr Jane Harrold who is Deputy Curator of the Britannia Museum at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. She joined the College from the University of Warwick in 1997. Her PhD thesis was entitled State Building: The Case of the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). It examined the evolution of CFSP and its implications for the future of European integration and state provision of security. Her teaching and research interests continue to include the evolution of the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy, in particular European Security and Defence Policy, contemporary security studies and twentieth century international and naval history. An enthusiastic supporter of European co-operation, Dr Harrold has presented papers at the Ecole Navale and for the Franco-British Lawyers' Symposium at the Ecole Militaire.

Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

The most decisive engagement between surface ships in the Mediterranean during World War II was undoubtedly the Battle of Cape Matapan (27 29 March, 1941). The Battle Summary, written post war, draws on reports of action on both sides. Reproduced in full in Dark Seas, this is a detailed and thoughtful insight into one of the last fleet engagements in naval history. The vivid and compelling text includes sighting reports, messages between Italian and German Naval staffs and lists of ships, alongside the original maps and diagrams. Dark Seas was nominated for the Mountbatten Maritime Award and contains a previously unpublished unique first-hand account of the battle by HRH Prince Philip, who served in the action and an introduction setting the scene and explaining the significance of the historical document and of the battle itself. Dark Seas is one of a series of previously restricted and classified documents in a new, accessible format Specially commissioned commentary by expert military historians Published in collaboration with Britannia Royal Naval College Britannia Naval Histories of World War II an important source in understanding the critical naval actions of the period.

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