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 262
... enemy centres of social life and effort , the Germans , scourged repeatedly by British bombing raids during the period , confined themselves to meeting these with local defence and fighters , there was no attempt at " defence by ...
... enemy centres of social life and effort , the Germans , scourged repeatedly by British bombing raids during the period , confined themselves to meeting these with local defence and fighters , there was no attempt at " defence by ...
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