The National Review, Volume 118W.H. Allen, 1942 - English literature |
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Page 138
... enemy who could cut off the sea - borne supplies of this country could look forward to reducing it to submission with just as great certainty as by invasion and conquest , and at far less trouble and cost . Thus British sea power came ...
... enemy who could cut off the sea - borne supplies of this country could look forward to reducing it to submission with just as great certainty as by invasion and conquest , and at far less trouble and cost . Thus British sea power came ...
Page 139
... enemy ports themselves and there the sailing fleets cruised continuously . It was not really a " blockade , in the strict sense of the word , which implies keeping the enemy in - Nelson , towards the end of his two years watch off ...
... enemy ports themselves and there the sailing fleets cruised continuously . It was not really a " blockade , in the strict sense of the word , which implies keeping the enemy in - Nelson , towards the end of his two years watch off ...
Page 210
... enemy was through the narrows before they could attack , and they seem to have had to fire their torpedoes at long range if they were to get in an attack at all before the enemy escaped . Bombers and torpedo aircraft of the R.A.F. ...
... enemy was through the narrows before they could attack , and they seem to have had to fire their torpedoes at long range if they were to get in an attack at all before the enemy escaped . Bombers and torpedo aircraft of the R.A.F. ...
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EPISODES OF THE MONTH | 11 |
KIPLING THe Wisdom | 20 |
WAR IN THE PACIFIC | 23 |
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