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Battle of Matapan 28–29 March 1941
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Battle of Matapan 28–29 March 1941
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In 1941, it was necessary to disable the Italian navy to ensure Britain’s naval supremacy in the Mediterranean. In November 1940, the British had successfully taken out three Italian battleships at Taranto, Italy. In March 1941, there were signs of increased Italian naval activity around Cape Matapan, southern Greece; intelligence... More
Battle of Midway 4–5 June 1942
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Battle of Midway 4–5 June 1942
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As the carrier strike group of Admiral Chuichi Nagumo neared Midway early on 4 June, the first wave of aircraft was launched from the carriers for an attack against the island, although it was not sufficient to disable the airfield. Nagumo was left with a difficult choice between committing the... More
Battle of Rhode Island 28–29 August 1778
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Battle of Rhode Island 28–29 August 1778
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The Battle of Rhode Island began on 29 August 1778. Under the Treaty of Alliance, signed in February 1778, the French were fighting on behalf of America. Their combined land and naval forces laid siege to Rhode Island in August 1778, with a view to forcing the British out of... More
Battle of Salamis 480 BCE
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Battle of Salamis 480 BCE
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The naval Battle of Salamis was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states and Persia in the straits at Salamis in 480 BCE. The Greek naval fleet had assembled at Salamis, close to Athens, following the attritional naval battle at Artemisium. After the Thermopylae defeat, the Persians seized Athens and... More
Battle of the Falkland Islands 8 December 1914
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Battle of the Falkland Islands 8 December 1914
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After their victory off central Chile in the Battle of Coronel, the German fleet sped to the Falkland Islands to sabotage the British radio station and supply base in Port Stanley. Anticipating the German offensive and determined to reverse the Coronel defeat, the British had installed seven cruisers in the... More
Bombardment of Cherbourg 25 June 1944
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Bombardment of Cherbourg 25 June 1944
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After the destruction of Mulberry harbour A, Cherbourg became a vital objective for the Allies because of its deep water port. Cherbourg had been heavily fortified by the Germans with an array of gun emplacements spread along the coast. The American VII Corps had advanced to the outskirts of Cherbourg... More
British 6th Airborne Division 6 June 1944
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British 6th Airborne Division 6 June 1944
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Vital to the success of the secondary phase of the D-Day landings was the ability of ground forces to move east to engage the Germans. Two bridges provided the only crossing over the Caen Canal/River Orne in the area, so it became the 6th Airborne Division’s responsibility to engage the... More
British Submarines in the Baltic 1914–1918
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British Submarines in the Baltic 1914–1918
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In October 1914, the first British submarines joined the Russian Baltic Fleet. Out of three boats only two, the E9 and E1, succeeded in completing the hazardous journey through the Sound (a stretch of water separating Denmark from Sweden) to Reval in the Gulf of Finland. In 1915 further submarines,... More
British Waters June 1944–May 1945
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British Waters June 1944–May 1945
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By 1944 the battle between the Royal Navy and the German U-boat fleet had turned heavily in favour of the British. Advances in British counter-U-boat tactics included superior radar technology on ships and aircraft, small fast vessels formed into hunter-killer groups, which would actively seek and pursue U-boats, and the... More
Carrier Raids in Central Pacific February–October 1944
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Carrier Raids in Central Pacific February–October 1944
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From early 1944 the Fast Carrier Task Force, made up of several task groups typically built around four aircraft carriers and their support vessels, was the main US strike force in the Pacific Ocean. The Carrier Force worked in conjunction with amphibious forces and the US marines to provide devastating... More
Chesapeake Bay 1781
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Chesapeake Bay 1781
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The French navy had been instructed by General Washington to block General Cornwallis’s forces escape through Chesapeake Bay to New York. Cornwallis and his 7,500 men awaited naval transport at Yorktown. On 25 August, 14 British ships, under Rear Admiral Hood, joined with Rear Admiral Graves in New York. They... More
Confederate Trade 1862-65
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Confederate Trade 1862-65
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Prior to the US Civil War (1861–65), the Confederate economy was based on cotton, the ‘white gold’ of the day. Shipped largely to Britain and Europe, it comprised 75 per cent of Confederate exports. This (and the desire to prevent materiel entering the South) prompted the Union to institute a... More