Battle at Sea: 3,000 Years of Naval WarfareBattle at Sea looks at every aspect of the story of warfare on, above, and under the sea, including classic naval engagements daring raids carried out on ships in harbor, and landing operations such as D-Day, where control of the sea was essential to transport land forces to new battlefronts. Special features within the book include: graphic and dramatic battle catalogs relating the stories of the men, ships, and organizations behind history’s greatest naval conflicts; spectacular 3D digital artworks following the crucial stages of key battles, step by step; profiles of naval crew — the captain, officers, gunners, quartermaster, surgeon, cooks, and boatswains — exploring their changing roles throughout history; eyewitness accounts recreatingthe experience of the opposing forces in key battles, whether preparing for conflict, in the heat of battle, or dealing with the aftermath of an engagement; photographic tours revealing the intricate details of surviving or reconstructed warships—from an Ancient Greek trireme to a nuclear-powered submarine; features on weapons and technology highlighting developments in naval warfare, from boarding equipment to sonar, cannons to missiles, and propulsion through steam to nuclear power. |
Contents
Foreword 6 | |
Introduction 8 | |
1200 Bce1550 Ce 24 | |
Overview 26 | |
Early Naval Battles and the Rise of the Greeks 30 | |
The Persian Wars 32 | |
The Peloponnesian War 36 | |
Roman Naval Warfare 42 | |
The Age of Nelson 174 | |
French Revolutionary Wars 176 | |
Napoleonic Wars 186 | |
Early 19thcentury Battles 200 | |
The United States at War 202 | |
Wars of Independence 206 | |
Later Ottoman Battles 208 | |
18301918 210 | |
The First Punic War 44 | |
Rome Achieves Mastery of the Mediterranean 48 | |
Naval Warfare in Asia 52 | |
China Japan and Korea 54 | |
Battles for the Mediterranean 62 | |
Byzantinearab Wars 64 | |
The Rise of the Italian Maritime Republics 66 | |
The War for Sicily 70 | |
The Rise of Sail 74 | |
The Vikings 76 | |
Sea Battles in Northern Europe 80 | |
The Ottomans 86 | |
Christian Navies Against the Turks 88 | |
15501830 102 | |
Overview 104 | |
Japan and Korea 108 | |
Japanese Invasion of Korea 110 | |
Oceanic Empires 114 | |
Spanish Wars 116 | |
After the Armada 124 | |
The Rise of Dutch Sea Power 126 | |
Rivalry Across the North Sea 130 | |
First Anglodutch War 132 | |
Second Anglodutch War 134 | |
Third Anglodutch War 138 | |
The Sun Kings Navy 142 | |
The French Wars 144 | |
Baltic Conflicts 150 | |
Sweden Fights for Domination 152 | |
The Great Northern War 154 | |
The Russoswedish War 156 | |
Maintaining British Naval Power 158 | |
Royal Navy Battles 160 | |
Seven Years War 162 | |
The American Revolutionary War 166 | |
Overview 212 | |
New Navies of Europe 216 | |
from Sail to Steam 218 | |
Gunboat Imperialism 222 | |
The Americas at War 226 | |
The American Civil War 228 | |
Spanish and Latinamerican Conflicts 238 | |
Rise of the Imperial Japanese Navy 244 | |
Japanese Naval Might 246 | |
The Russojapanese War 248 | |
World War I 258 | |
Warship Battles 191418 260 | |
The Uboat War 191418 268 | |
1918present 270 | |
Overview 272 | |
Europe Between the Wars 276 | |
the West 278 | |
Warship Battles 193945 280 | |
The Uboat War 193945 290 | |
Evacuations and Landings 300 | |
War in the Mediterranean 302 | |
the Pacific 308 | |
The Japanese Offensive 310 | |
The Battle for Guadalcanal 316 | |
Drive to Victory 320 | |
Postwar Conflicts 328 | |
Cold War Conflicts 330 | |
The Vietnam War 334 | |
The Falklands War 340 | |
Regional Conflicts 342 | |
Middle East and Terrorism 344 | |