History of the Second World War- United Kingdom Military Series: The War At Sea Vol.II The Period of Balance (1956)
 
The History of the Second World War is the official history of Britain’s contribution to the Second World War and was published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO). The immense project was sub-divided into areas to ease publication. Military operations are covered in the United Kingdom Military Series, the United Kingdom Civil Series covers aspects of the civilian war effort and the Foreign Policy series; the Intelligence series and the Medical series are eponymous. There are other volumes not under the aegis of the series but were published by HMSO and may be read as adjuncts, as they cover matters not considered in great detail or in one case at all in the main series. Further volumes, published after the privatisation of HMSO or in the series about the Special Operations Executive, are also useful.
 
The original works lacked references to unpublished sources when published before 1970. Government archives were opened to an extent by the Public Records Act 1958 and the Public Records Act 1967. The works were published with only references to published sources.
 
The second volume of this definitive history starts with the shattering blows suffered by the US Navy and the Royal Navy in the Atlantic and Pacific. The massacre of shipping off the US east coast, the succession of naval defeats after Pearl Harbor. Gradually the initiative is regained, the US Navy introduces a convoy on the east coast and the Japanese carriers are sunk at Midway.

The climax of the battles in the Arctic and Mediterranean is reached and Axis forces are pushed back

Not only is it a history and work of literature - but it is also a textbook on Naval Strategy with references to many famous writers such as Mahan and Corbett that provide insight into all the many and varied aspects of WWII.
 
Hard Cover
523 pages
In Good condition