“Fifty-seven nations, Allied and Axis, were belligerents in World War II . . . The major portion of the cost was borne by the United States, the British Commonwealth, the ...
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Convoy System – WW1 and WW2 Comparisons
In World War I the convoy system was not instituted until May 1917, whilst in World War II convoys were quickly organised soon after war was declared in September 1939. ...
Letter by HRN Prince of Wales from HMS Renown in Sydney
One of our subsection’s members is an ex-bandsman by the name of Hector Napier. He has just turned 86 and is a very spry young bloke – never missing one ...
Letters: Loss of Lord Kitchener with HMS Hampshire
I was very interested in Mr Date’s article, Lord Kitchener Lost with HMS HAMPSHIRE, in the December 1993 “Review”. As many people have considered the sinking of HMS HAMPSHIRE an ...
Book Review: The Battle of the Wine Dark Sea
No other sea presents so many mysteries to the naval historian as the Aegean. Battles have been lost and won in this island-studded waterway since antiquity but none were more ...
Book Review: Blue Watch, All the Blue Watch
“Blue Watch, All the Blue Watch” By John Allerton I have not read the “1st Impression” of John Allerton’s book but this “2nd Impression” of this record of his service ...
Book Review: Q Class Destroyers and Frigates
“Q CLASS DESTROYERS AND FRIGATES OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY” (Destroyers 1942-1956) (Frigates 1953-1972) by Trevor Weaver, Published by The Naval Historical Society of Australia. At last a book has been ...
Book Review: The Quay to the Sea
By Captain Surtees M. Rothery The story begins with the author as a young lad growing up in the Vaucluse area of Sydney in the 1920s. Captain Rothery paints a ...
The Two Falkland Islands Wars – 1982 (Part 2)
Battle for Falkland Islands – 1982 The Argentine seizure of the Falkland Islands (las Islas Malvinas) on 2 April 1982 took place at a time when the British Royal Navy ...