The dawn of carrier strike
Hobbs, David, 1946-2019
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Among all the celebrations of the RAF's centenary, it was largely forgotten that the establishment of an independent air force came at a cost - and it was the Royal Navy that paid the price. In 1918 it had been pre-eminent in the technology and tactics of employing aircraft at sea, but once it lost control of its own air power, it struggled to make the RAF prioritise naval interests, in the process losing ground to the rival naval air forces of Japan and the United States. This book documents that struggle through the cash-strapped 1920s and '30s, culminating in the Navy regaining control of its aviation in 1937.
Main title:
The dawn of carrier strike / David Hobbs.
Author:
Hobbs, David, 1946-, author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Seaforth Publishing, 2019.
Collation:
400 pages ; 24 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781473879928 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2514062
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