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John Winton
Born
in London, England, The United Kingdom
May 03, 1931
Died
April 27, 2001
Genre
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“The Prime Minister’s meaning was clear enough: the Fleet Train was the horse, and the fighting Fleet the cart. They must be kept in their proper order. As the size of the horse was fixed, it was pointless to plan an ambitious cart.”
― The Forgotten Fleet
― The Forgotten Fleet
“Despite the strenuous efforts of the BBC to enlighten them, the Argentinians did not appear to realize the failures of their bombs for some time.”
― Air Power at Sea, 1945-1989
― Air Power at Sea, 1945-1989
“especially Courageous and Glorious, had expended prodigious amounts of ammunition. Courageous had fired ninety-two 15″ shells, Glorious fifty-seven, for one hit, shared between them, on one of the light cruiser Pillau’s gunshields. The two ships had also fired 180 4″ High Explosive and two hundred and thirteen 4″ common shell, for no result whatever. The light cruisers had done no better: they fired 2,519 6″ shells to achieve a total of three hits. Repulse, who had fired the last shots in the battle, had one hit on Königsberg,”
― Carrier Glorious: The Life and Death of an Aircraft Carrier
― Carrier Glorious: The Life and Death of an Aircraft Carrier
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