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This book thoroughly explores and analyses naval policy during the
period of austerity that followed the First World War. During this
post-war period, as the Royal Navy identified Japan its likely
opponent in a future naval war, the British Government was forced
to "tighten its belt" and cut back on naval expenditure in the
interests of "National Economy". G.H. Bennett draws connections
between the early 20th century and the present day, showing how the
same kind of connections exist between naval and foreign policy,
the provision of ships for the Royal Navy, business and regional
prosperity and employment. The Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity
1919-22 engages with a series of important historiographical
debates relating to the history of the Royal Navy, the failures of
British Defence policy in the inter-war period and the evolution of
British foreign policy after 1919, together with more mundane
debates about British economic, industrial, social and political
history in the aftermath of the First World War. It will be of
great interest to scholars and students of British naval history.
This book thoroughly explores and analyses naval policy during the
period of austerity that followed the First World War. During this
post-war period, as the Royal Navy identified Japan its likely
opponent in a future naval war, the British Government was forced
to "tighten its belt" and cut back on naval expenditure in the
interests of "National Economy". G.H. Bennett draws connections
between the early 20th century and the present day, showing how the
same kind of connections exist between naval and foreign policy,
the provision of ships for the Royal Navy, business and regional
prosperity and employment. The Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity
1919-22 engages with a series of important historiographical
debates relating to the history of the Royal Navy, the failures of
British Defence policy in the inter-war period and the evolution of
British foreign policy after 1919, together with more mundane
debates about British economic, industrial, social and political
history in the aftermath of the First World War. It will be of
great interest to scholars and students of British naval history.
Winning the Battle of the Atlantic was critical to Britain's
survival in the Second World War. The British Merchant Navy
suffered enormous losses of both ships and men, particularly in the
early years of the war. Sailing through U-boat wolf-packs across
the Atlantic, or on the perilous routes to Malta and Murmansk, took
a special kind of courage. Ships often sank within minutes of being
torpedoed. Survivors is the history of this epic struggle. It is a
graphic account of how the ships were attacked and sunk, how crews
reacted, how they attempted to launch their lifeboats and how they
ended up swimming or clinging to debris, or making long voyages in
lifeboats or on rafts. Death might come at any stage, yet the will
to live and the resourcefulness and skill of the seamen enabled a
surprising number to survive.
""There was a terrific smash and everything was pandemonium on
deck. The wheel house collapsed on top of me and I was trapped by
the concrete slabs which had fallen on me and pinned me to the
deck. I think that the ship sank in about thirty seconds after
breaking in two ... Although I was trapped, I could see everything
over my head. The stern burst into flames and I saw flames forward.
I could see the water coming up and coming over my head. The ship
hit the bottom and turned over, the debris was thrown off me and I
was released and I came to the surface.""--Sinking of SS Abukir, 28
May 1940
This book examines and analyses the relationship between the RAF,
the Free French Movement and the French fighter pilots in WWII. A
highly significant subject, this has been ignored by academics on
both sides of the Channel. This ground-breaking study will fill a
significant gap in the historiography of the War. Bennett's
painstaking research has unearthed primary source material in both
Britain and France including Squadron records, diaries, oral
histories and memoirs. In the post-war period the idea of French
pilots serving with the RAF seemed anachronistic to both sides. For
the French nation the desire to draw a veil over the war years
helped to obscure many aspects of the past, and for the British the
idea of French pilots did not accord with the myths of "the Few" to
whom so much was owed. Those French pilots who served had to make
daring escapes. Classed as deserters they risked court martial and
execution if caught. They would play a vital role on D-Day and the
battle for control of the skies which followed.
This book examines and analyses the relationship between the RAF,
the Free French Movement and the French fighter pilots in WWII. A
highly significant subject, this has been ignored by academics on
both sides of the Channel. This ground-breaking study will fill a
significant gap in the historiography of the War. Bennett's
painstaking research has unearthed primary source material in both
Britain and France including Squadron records, diaries, oral
histories and memoirs. In the post-war period the idea of French
pilots serving with the RAF seemed anachronistic to both sides. For
the French nation the desire to draw a veil over the war years
helped to obscure many aspects of the past, and for the British the
idea of French pilots did not accord with the myths of the Few to
whom so much was owed. Those French pilots who served had to make
daring escapes. Classed as deserters they risked court martial and
execution if caught. They would play a vital role on D-Day and the
battle for control of the skies which followed.
Throughout World War II, the United States played a pivotal role
in the development of British maritime aviation. Even before the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Royal Air Force, and Fleet Air Arm
pilots were being trained in the United States under a scheme set
up by the United States Navy as part of the Lend-Lease agreement.
For many young British aviation cadets the journey across the
Atlantic and America was eye-opening. Men found themselves caught
up with issues such as segregation in the American South, of which
they had no experience and little understanding.Drawing on
extensive interviews and correspondence with former cadets,
together with archival research, Guinn and Bennett document the
endeavors of American Navy pilots who taught over 16,000 British
aviation cadets how to fly and fight. They comprehensively examine
the details and impact of the scheme from a military, diplomatic,
educational, and cultural perspective.
Bennett collects oral histories from men of three United States
regiments that participated in the invasion of Normandy on June 6,
1944. The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment was the most widely
scattered of the American parachute infantry regiments to be
dropped on D-Day. However, the efforts of 180 men to stop the
advance of an SS Panzer Grenadier division largely have been
ignored outside of France. The 116th Infantry Regiment received the
highest number of casualties on Omaha Beach of any Allied unit on
D-Day. Stationed in England through most of the war, it had been
the butt of jokes while other regiments did the fighting and dying
in North Africa and the Mediterranean; that changed on June 6,
1944. And the 22nd Infantry Regiment, a unit that had fought in
almost every campaign waged by the U.S. Army since 1812, came
ashore on Utah Beach quite easily before getting embroiled in a
series of savage fights to cross the marshland behind the beach and
to capture the German heavy batteries to the north. Each
participant's story is woven into the larger picture of the
assault, allowing Bennett to go beyond the largely personal
viewpoints yielded by traditional oral history but avoiding the
impersonal nature of studies of grand strategy. In addition to the
interviews and memoirs Bennett collected, he also discovered fresh
documentary evidence from American, British, and French archives
that play an important part in facilitating this new approach, as
well as archives in Britain and France. The author unearths new
stories and questions from D-Day, such as the massacre of soldiers
from the 507th at Graignes, Hemevez, and elsewhere. This new
material includes a focus on the regimental level, which is all but
ignored by historians, while still covering strategic, tactical,
and human issues. His conclusions highlight common misperceptions
about the Normandy landings. Questions have already been raised
about the wisdom of the Anglo-American amphibious doctrine employed
on D-Day. In this study, Bennett continues to challenge the
assumption that the operation was an exemplary demonstration of
strategic planning.
This book serves as an essential introduction to Roosevelt's
domestic policy during his tenure from the struggles of the
Depression to the outbreak of the Second World War. Incorporating
archival discoveries at the Roosevelt Presidential Library, this
documentary collection focuses on the debates and controversies
surrounding the implementation and practice of New Deal policies.
It highlights the meanings, flaws and outcomes of Roosevelt's
attempts to refashion American society. With an extensive
introduction, the book reproduces extracts from a variety of
sources including Government records, public addresses and speeches
and the private papers of Roosevelt and some of his closest
associates.
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