Naval Forces & Warfare

Why is Nelson a hero? Because he was a captain before he was 21, a man who shaped the course of history from the decks of his ships, hailed as a sa...

This fast-paced narrative traces the emergence of the United States Navy as a global power from its birth during the American Revolution through to...

During World War II, the United States built 72 light cruisers of various classes. In response to the severe air threat that surface ships faced, n...

This compelling new study of the Battle of the River Plate concentrates on Kapitan zur See Hans Langsdorff, the commander of the German pocket batt...

No part of the country was more contested during the American Revolution than New York City, the Hudson River, and the surrounding counties. Politi...

After the Royal Navys bloody high seas campaign to kill the mighty Bismarck, the Allies were left with an uncomfortable truththe German behemoth ha...

As nurses, `Jenny Wrens', and above all as wives and mothers, women have quietly kept the Royal Navy afloat throughout history. From its earliest y...

In the autumn of 1944 the Second World War was coming to an end. In the Atlantic the U-boats had been beaten back through a massive programme of Al...

In the Royal Navy vernacular, the term 'greenie' describes the officers and ratings responsible for the electrical engineering functions of the fle...

As seen on The Kelly File with Megyn Kelly. Carl Higbie was a member of the the Navy Seal team that captured the Butcher of Fallujah, only to later...

I was delighted when Mark Simmons asked me to write the foreword for this book mostly because the request implied the book had actually been writt...

In this memoir spanning nine decades, Lieutenant Colonel C.F. Jerram (1882-1969) of the Royal Marines recounts his life and military service thr...