Royal Navy Strategy in the Far East 1919-1939
Regular price
€198.40
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=Andrew Field
aircraft
Author_Andrew Field
British maritime strategy
capital
carrier
Category=NHD
Category=NHW
Category=NHWL
Category=NHWR5
Category=NHWR7
cruiser
eq_bestseller
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
fleet battle doctrine
imperial
interwar British naval planning Far East
interwar naval policy
japanese
light
memorandum
ships
Singapore naval base
tactical naval exercises
war
Washington Naval Treaties
Product details
- ISBN 9780714653211
- Weight: 635g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 20 May 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Between the ending of the Great War and the start of the Second World War in 1939, the Royal Navy remained the largest in the world. But with the League of Nations seeming to offer a solution to all future conflicts, a country weary of war and without an obvious enemy there seemed no need for a large battlefleet. The strategic focus shifted eastwards, to Japan, with its growing battlefleet as the new threat to the British Empire and to the Royal Navy's supremacy.
From 1924 a strategic plan, War Memorandum (Eastern), was written and refined. The plan called for the Royal Navy, still the largest in the world, even after the Washington Naval Treaties, to move eastwards to a defended base at Singapore, cut off Japan and force her battlefleet into a decisive fleet battle.
As a strategy War Memorandum (Eastern) had many flaws. Its real importance lay in the fact that it provided a justification for the Royal Navy to maintain its leading position in the world and to be in the forefront of the development of new tactical thinking. Through planning for a war with Japan the Royal Navy was able to test its readiness for a future war. Many of the lessons learnt during this period were ultimately put to good use against a different foe in 1939.
Andrew Field gained an MPhil at the University of Leeds on the subject of the Royal Navy during the 1920s and 1930s. He is trained as a teacher and has run history departments in Suffolk schools since 1977.
