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Big gun monitors [texte imprimé] : design, construction and operations 1914-1945 / Ian Buxton

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Titre(s)
  • Big gun monitors [texte imprimé] : design, construction and operations 1914-1945 / Ian Buxton
Mention d'édition
  • [2nd revised and expanded edition]
Editeur, producteur
  • Barnsley (Yorkshire) : Seaforth publishing, 2012
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. ( 256 p.) : ill., couv ill. en coul. ; 30 cm
ISBN
  • 978-1-84832-124-3
Résumé ou extrait
  • In the history of naval warfare probably no type of ship has provided more firepower per ton than the monitor – indeed they were little more than a huge gun mounting fitted on a simple, self-propelled raft. Designed and built rapidly to fulfil an urgent need for heavy shore-bombardment during World War I, they were top secret in conception, and largely forgotten when the short-lived requirement was over. Nevertheless, these important ships played a significant role in many Great War campaigns but were largely ignored by naval historians until Ian Buxton produced the first edition of this book in 1978.
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