Aircraft carriers : the illustrated history / Richard Humble.

By:

Humble, Richard

Material type:

TextPublication details: Herts, England : Winchmore Pub. Services, 1982.Description: 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cmContent type:

text

ISBN:

0718121503
9780718121501

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

History

LOC classification:

V874 H88

Summary: In this compelling study, Richard Humble traces the full story of the aircraft-carrier, beginning with the floatplane and deck-landing pioneers of the First World War. He examines the conversion of battleships to carriers in the 1920s nd the evolution of the carrier task force as a far more powerful successor to the traditional battle fleet--as shatteringly demonstrated at Taranto in November 1940 and at Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

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Cover image	Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Vol info	URL	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Item hold queue priority	Course reserves
	Books	Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College General stacks		Reference		V874 H88 (Browse shelf(Opens below))				c.1	Available			2024-3984

Includes index.

Connoisseur.

In this compelling study, Richard Humble traces the full story of the aircraft-carrier, beginning with the floatplane and deck-landing pioneers of the First World War. He examines the conversion of battleships to carriers in the 1920s nd the evolution of the carrier task force as a far more powerful successor to the traditional battle fleet--as shatteringly demonstrated at Taranto in November 1940 and at Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

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