In a narrow sense, the Admiral Hipper “won” the naval battle; it inflicted damage on the British convoy and escaped to fight ...
Key Points and Summary - A Chinese maritime blockade could strangle Taiwan, forcing the United States into a devastating, drawn-out convoy war across the Pacific. -Recent wargames show such a conflict ...
In 1938, with war looming, the British Royal Navy rushed to fill a gap in its convoy escort capabilities. The result was the Hunt-class destroyers, ships meant to guard slow-moving merchant convoys ...
John Hall, a naval officer who was employed during the 1960s and 1970s as the bursar at Salisbury Cathedral School, ...