War at Sea 1939-45: Volume I The DefensiveOFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

by Stephen Wentworth Roskill

Chronological Summary of Prncipal Events; Prelude to ?Neptune?-The Assault on Normandy 6th June-3rd July 1944-The Mediterranean Campaigns 1st June-31st December 1944-Coastal Warfare 4th July-31st December 1944-Home Waters and the Arctic 1st June

Genres: History

864 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Captain Stephen Wentworth Roskill, CBE, DSC, FBA, DLitt, was a career officer in the Royal Navy, serving during the Second World War and, after his enforced medical retirement, served as the official historian of the Royal Navy from 1949 to 1960. He is now chiefly remembered as a prodigious author of books on British maritime history.