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Big Gun Battles: Warship Duels of the Second World War
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Big Gun Battles: Warship Duels of the Second World War Hardback - 2015

by Robert C. Stern

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The outcome of much of the naval war in World War II was decided by the torpedo or the aerial bomb, making the submarine and aircraft carrier, the new arbiters of naval conflict. Despite this, there were a surprising number of ship-to-ship engagements involving the big guns of battleships and cruisers. Big Gun Battles recounts some of the most important, technically interesting, or obscure of these gunfire duels. Covering all theatres of the naval war, the battles selected demonstrate the changing face of surface warfare under the influence of rapidly improving fire-control systems, radar, and other sensors. By 1945 big ships could open fire at great ranges with a high probability of hitting with the first salvo. This was the pinnacle of gunnery excellence, but also heralded the end of naval gunnery as a major factor in sea warfare. Facing such deadly accuracy, navies looked to longer-ranged, smarter, weapons like surface-skimming missiles and homing torpedoes.

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  • Title Big Gun Battles: Warship Duels of the Second World War
  • Author Robert C. Stern
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher US Naval Institute Press, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
  • Publication date 2015-02
  • ISBN 9781848321533 / 1848321538
  • Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 6.13 x 1.1 in (23.50 x 15.57 x 2.79 cm)
  • Category History - Military / War
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.545

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Barnsley : Seaforth Publishing, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Well-preserved overall. Physical description; xx, 268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations. Battleships History 20th century. Naval battles History 20th century.
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