The Last Century of Sea Power, Volume 2

H. P. Willmott

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The second volume of an important new analysis of 20th-century sea power

In this second volume of his history of naval power in the 20th century, H. P. Willmott follows the fortunes of the established seafaring nations of Europe along with two upstarts—the United States and Japan. Emerging from World War I in command of the seas, Great Britain saw its supremacy weakened through neglect and in the face of more committed rivals. Britain's grand Coronation Review of 1937 marked the apotheosis of a sea power slipping into decline. Meanwhile, Britain's rivals and soon-to-be enemies were embarking on significant naval building programs that would soon change the nature of war at sea in ways that neither they nor their rivals anticipated. By the end of a new world war, the United States had taken command of two oceans, having placed its industrial might behind technologies that further defined the arena of naval power above and below the waves, where stealth and the ability to strike at great distance would soon rewrite the rules of war and of peace. This splendid volume further enhances Willmott's stature as the dean of naval historians.

List of Chapter Appendixes
List of Maps and a Diagram
List of Tables
I. Naval Races and Wars
1. Introduction: Washington, London, and Two Very Separate Wars, 1921 - 1941
2. Washington and London
3. Ethiopia and Spain
4. Japan and Its "Special Undeclared War"
II. Introduction to the Second World War
5. Navies, Sea Power, and Two or More Wars
III. The Second World War: The European Theater
6. Britain and the Defeat of the U-boat Guerre de Course
7. With Friends like These
8. Italy and the War in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations
9. The Lesser Allied Navies and Merchant Marines in the Second World War
IV. The Second World War: The Pacific Theatre
10. The War Across the Pacific: Introduction and Conclusion
11. The Japanese Situation — and a Japanese Dimension
12. The Japanese Situation — and an American Dimension
13. The Japanese Situation — and a Second Japanese Dimension
14. The Japanese Situation — and Another, and Final, Dimension
V. Dealing with Real Enemies
15. Finis: The British Home Fleet, 15 August 1945
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Sujets

• HISTORY
• Histoire
• Segunda Guerra Mundial
• Military history
• General officer
• Military
• World War II
• Naval
• General
• Combat
• Seconde Guerre mondiale

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 22 mars 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9780253004093
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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THE LAST CENTURY OF SEA POWER
THE LAST CENTURY OF SEA POWER

Volume Two: From Washington to Tokyo, 1922-1945
H. P. Willmott
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The Library of Congress has catalogued the first volume in this series as follows:
Willmott, H. P. The last century of sea power : from Port Arthur to Chanak, 1894-1922 / H.P. Willmott. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-35214-9 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Naval history, Modern-19th century. 2. Naval history, Modern-20th century. I. Title. D362.W68 2008 359 .0309041-dc22
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1 2 3 4 5 15 14 13 12 11 10
Dedicated to FY1645 and in praise of Dissent, Uncertainty, and Tolerance
O lente lente currite equis nocti and to the memory of Everton, Sherry, Kondor, Jamie, Suki, Lancaster, and Junior
CONTENTS

List of Chapter Appendixes

List of Maps and a Diagram

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

Part 1. Naval Races and Wars
ONE
Introduction: Washington, London, and Two Very Separate Wars, 1921-1941
TWO
Washington and London
THREE
Ethiopia and Spain
FOUR
Japan and Its Special Undeclared War

Part 2. Introduction to the Second World War
FIVE
Navies, Sea Power, and Two or More Wars

Part 3. The Second World War: The European Theater
SIX
Britain and the Defeat of the U-boat Guerre de Course
SEVEN
With Friends like These
EIGHT
Italy and the War in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations
NINE
The Lesser Allied Navies and Merchant Marines in the Second World War

Part 4. The Second World War: The Pacific Theater
TEN
The War across the Pacific: Introduction and Conclusion
ELEVEN
The Japanese Situation-and a Japanese Dimension
TWELVE
The Japanese Situation-and an American Dimension
THIRTEEN
The Japanese Situation-and a Second Japanese Dimension
FOURTEEN
The Japanese Situation-and Another, and Final, Dimension

Part 5. Dealing with Real Enemies
FIFTEEN
Finis: The British Home Fleet, 15 August 1945



Notes

Selected Bibliography

General Index

Index of Warships, Submarines, Auxiliaries, and Merchantmen

Index of American Warships

Index of U.S. Lend-Lease Production of Escort Carriers, Frigates, and Sloops that Saw Service in the British Navy
CHAPTER APPENDIXES
APPENDIX 2.1.
The British Navy s Last Hurrah: The Coronation Review of 20 May 1937
APPENDIX 3.1.
British, French, and Italian Warships and 30 September 1935
APPENDIX 5.1.
Submarine Losses in the Second World War
APPENDIX 5.2.
Fleet, Light, and Escort Carriers Sunk during the Second World War
APPENDIX 5.3.
The Capital Ships Lost in the Second World War
APPENDIX 6.1.
Allied and Neutral Shipping Losses by Cause and by Periods of Operations between 3 September 1939 and 15 August 1945
APPENDIX 6.2.
Allied and Neutral Shipping Losses by Theater and Periods of Operation between 3 September 1939 and 15 August 1945
APPENDIX 6.3.
British Fleet Units, Escorts, and Fleet Minesweepers Lost, by Theater and Year, in the Second World War
APPENDIX 6.4.
German Naval Losses in the Second World War
APPENDIX 7.1.
French Warship and Submarines Losses during Torch
APPENDIX 7.2.
Scuttling of the French Fleet at Toulon, 27 November 1942
APPENDIX 8.1.
Italian Naval Losses, 10 June 1940-8 September 1943
APPENDIX 9.1.
Allied and Neutral Merchant Shipping Losses in the Second World War
APPENDIX 10.1.
The Basis of American Victory in the Pacific
APPENDIX 10.2.
U.S. Lend-Lease Production of Escort Carriers, Frigates, and Sloops That Saw Service in the British Navy
APPENDIX 10.3.
The American-Built Escort Carriers in Service with the British Navy in the Second World War
APPENDIX 10.4.
U.S. Naval Losses in the Second World War
APPENDIX 12.1.
Raw Materials and Food Entering Japanese Ports between 1940 and 1945
APPENDIX 13.1.
The Tables: Definitions, Inconsistencies, and Rationalizations
APPENDIX 13.2.
Tabular Representation of Overall Japanese Warship, Naval, Military, and Civilian Shipping Losses: 7/8 December 1941-15 August 1945
APPENDIX 13.3.
Tabular Representation of Japanese Warship, Naval, Military, and Merchant Shipping Losses by Phases during the Second World War
APPENDIX 15.1.
The Organization and Deployment of British and Allied Warships under British Operational Control and in British Home Waters, 15 August 1945
APPENDIX 15.2.
Tabular Representation of the British, Imperial, and Commonwealth Naval Strength in the Indian Ocean, 15 August 1945
APPENDIX 15.3.
Tabular Representation of British and Dominion Naval Strength in the Pacific, 15 August 1945
MAPS AND A DIAGRAM
DIAGRAM .
The Coronation Review of the Fleet, 20 May 1937
MAP 1.
The Mediterranean and the Red Sea: 30 September 1935
MAP 2.
The Spanish Civil War: Nationalist Conquests July 1936-September 1937
MAP 3.
Japan s Special Undeclared War : The China Theater, 1937-1941
MAP 4.
North Atlantic Theater: Escort and Air Cover Areas of Operation
MAP 5.
The Denmark and Southern Norway Theaters, 1940
MAP 6.
Cross Channel Invasion Routes
MAP 7.
a. Losses of Major German Naval Units, 1939-1941

b. Losses of Major German Naval Units, 1942 and 1943

c. Losses of Major German Naval Units, 1944

d. Losses of Major German Naval Units, 1945
MAP 8.
Port of Toulon and Berths, 27 November 1942
MAP 9.
The Pacific from the Japanese Perspective: December 1941 to August 1942
MAP 10.
The Pacific from the Japanese Perspective: November 1943 to October 1944
MAP 11.
The Pacific from U.S. Perspective: October 1944 and March 1945
MAP 12.
Naval Bases and Yards in the United Kingdom, 1939
TABLES
TABLE 3.1.
Comparative Naval Strengths with Reference to the Situation in the Mediterranean September 1935
TABLE 5.1.
U-boat numbers, U-boat and Shipping Losses, and the Shipping:U-boat Exchange Rates, September 1939 to May 1945
TABLE 5.2.
Main Sources of Food Imports into Britain during the Second World War
TABLE 5.3.
Imports of Food and Animal Feeding-Stuffs into Britain in the Course of the Second World War
TABLE 5.4.
Domestic Production of Certain Crops in Britain in the Course of the Second World War
TABLE 6.1.
Convoys and Ships Sailing for and Arriving in White Sea Ports, 1941-1945
TABLE 6.2.
U-boat Losses, the North Atlantic Theater of Operations, and Losses by Date and Cause, 1 March 1943-30 June 1944
TABLE 6.3.
Major Characteristics of the Type XXI and Other U-boats
TABLE 8.1.
Fleet Units in the Mediterranean Theater 9 June 1940
TABLE 8.2.
German and Italian Shipping Losses, 1 January-8 September 1943
TABLE 9.1.
World Shipping in 1939
TABLE 9.2.
The Merchant Shipping Available to Britain in the Second World War
TABLE 9.3.
The Merchant Shipping Available to Britain during the Second World War Expressed in Relative Terms Reference 3 September 1939
TABLE 9.4.
Annual Output of Shipyards of Major Powers, 1939-1945
TABLE 9.5.
Foreign Shipping under British Control during the Second World War
TABLE 9.6.
British Import and Consumption Levels, 1939-1945
TABLE 9.7.
British, Allied, and Neutral Shipping Losses in the Second World War
TABLE 10.1.
Japanese Naval and Shipping Losses by Type and Month, 7 December 1941 to 30 November 1942
TABLE 10.2.
Japanese Naval and Shipping Losses by Type and Month, 1 December 1942 to 19 November 1943
TABLE 10.3.
American Naval Losses by Type and Month, 7 December 1941 to 30 November 1942
TABLE 10.4.
American Naval Losses by Type and Month, 1 December 1942 to 19 November 1943
TABLE 10.5.
The Commissioning of Warships by the U.S. Navy
TABLE 12.1.
The United States and Japan: Comparative Populations, Workforces, and Steel, Coal, Electricity, and Aircraft Production
TABLE 12.2.
New Construction in Japanese Yards, 1931-1941
TABLE 12.3.
Japanese Warship and Naval, Military, and Civilian Shipping Losses by Month, 7-8 December 1941 to 15 August 1945
TABLE 12.4.
Japanese Losses in October and N