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Ed. These book reviews were published in the NR between 1983-85, providing examples of the initial historiographical analyses of the Falklands War. A 30 minute read.

BRE. The latest book reviews are now available. All three titles focus on aspects of Operations NEPTUNE and OVERLORD.

BRE. The latest book reviews are now available. B0th focus on Southeast Asia in the Second World War, one considering the British Pacific Fleet’s campaign against oil facilities in occupied Sumatra; the other provides an account of the Australian campaign to liberate Borneo in 1945.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a short book examining the role and capabilities of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Combined Fleet and a case study into its employment through the Guadalcanal and Solomons campaign in the Second World War.

Ed. The author continues his series on his Falklands War experience onboard Fearless, through the D-Day landings on 21 May 1982 and the harrowing bomb defusal efforts that followed. A 50 minute read.

Ed. Originally published in 1949-1950, this three-part series on Admiral Charles Napier and his controversial command in the Baltic in 1854 during the Crimean War is here compiled as a complete text. Reproduced from the NR’s archives [37/4, p. 381; 38/1, p. 65; 38/2, p. 125]. A 60 minute read.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book providing a detailed history of the development of British naval gun mountings from the late 19th century to today.

Ed. Originally published in 1958, the author provided an instructive narration of Allied amphibious operations against Finnish and Russian coastal fortifications in the Baltic during the years 1854-5 of the Crimean War. Reproduced from the NR’s archives [46/2, p. 136]. A 30 minute read.

Ed. The surprise discovery of a diary in 2015 prompts an investigation into the Nationalist Chinese naval officers who, through an Anglo-Chinese training scheme, became participants in Operation NEPTUNE. A 20 minute read.