The War at Sea Volume II. The Period of Balance

History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Military Series

by Stephen Wentworth Roskill

Captain Roskill has long been recognised as the leading authority on the Royal Navy's part in the Second World War. His Official History (originally published for the HMSO) is unlikely ever to be superseded. His narrative is highly readable, and the analysis is clear. Roskill describes sea battles, convoy actions and the contribution made by technology in the shape of ASDIC and Radar. Chronological Summary of Principal Events - The Pacific and Indian Oceans 1st January-31st July 1942 - The African Campaigns 1st January-31st July 1942 - The Priority of Maritime Air Operations 1942 - The Battle of the Atlantic - The Campaign in American Waters 1st January-31st July 1942 - Home Waters and the Arctic 1st January-31st July 1942 - Coastal Warfare 1st January-31st July 1942 - Ocean Warfare 1st January-31st July 1942 - The Battle of the Atlantic - The Second Campaign on the Convoy Routes 1st August-31st December 1942 - The Pacific and Indian Oceans 1st August-31st December 1942 - Coastal Warfare 1st August-31st December 1942 - Ocean Warfare 1st August-31st December 1942 - Home Waters and the Arctic 1st August-31st December 1942 - The African Campaigns 1st August-31st December 1942 - The Battle of the Atlantic - The Triumph of the Escorts 1st January-31st May 1943 - Coastal Warfare 1st January-31st May 1943 - Home Waters and the Arctic 1st January-31st May 1943 - Ocean Warfare 1st January-31st May 1943 - The Pacific and Indian Oceans 1st January-31st May 1943 - The African Campaigns 1st January-31st May 1943 - The Mediterranean Re-opened

492 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 9, 2013

About the author

Captain Stephen Wentworth Roskill, CBE, DSC, FBA, DLitt, was a career officer in the Royal Navy, serving during the Second World War and, after his enforced medical retirement, served as the official historian of the Royal Navy from 1949 to 1960. He is now chiefly remembered as a prodigious author of books on British maritime history.

Reviews

[Andrew Stone · Rating 5 out of 5]

As with the other volumes in the series, without equal in its detail. Well written and informative just about every book on naval matters in WWII is derived from it or influenced by it