ARMED BLUEJACKETS ASHORE - US NAVY LANDING GUNS

DISPONIBILE GIUGNO 2024

Attraverso 160 illustrazioni inedite, la storia dettagliata degli sbarchi della Marina americana sulle coste straniere e dei pezzi di artiglieria utilizzati. Un resoconto approfondito e accademico dello sviluppo e delle caratteristiche di ogni modello di cannone da sbarco prodotto tra il 1850 e il 1942.

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A unique and detailed history of the US Navy’s landings on foreign shores and the specially designed light artillery pieces, or landing guns, used in support of these armed parties.

• A scholarly yet highly readable account of a subject area barely considered in previous US naval histories
• Meticulously researched, uncovering material from the US National Archives which will be entirely new to virtually every reader
• Offers a wide selection of rare, previously unpublished images collected from various naval archives, museums, and other repositories
• An important work for those interested in the history of the US Navy, the Royal Navy, naval field artillery, and the reach of US power and influence around the globe from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century

The United States put armed naval landing parties ashore in numerous countries across the world in the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century.

Specially designed light field guns carried aboard gunboats and larger warships sometimes supported the bluejackets and marines, usually when larger parties more likely to face sharp actions went ashore.

This book chronicles the history and characteristics of every model of US Navy landing gun produced between 1850 and 1942, offering a thorough and scholarly account of ordnance development in an age of swashbuckling military adventure.