News, Articles and Comment

Ed. The author investigates the career of Admiral Sir Frederick Richards, who played a critical but little understood role in the late Victorian Navy. A 10 minute read.

Ed. The author reviews some principles of sea power, highlighting the differences between land and maritime-based operations and tactics. A 10 minute read.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book providing an account of the USAAF’s Seventh Air Force and its contribution to the Central Pacific campaign in the Second World War.

Ed. Our correspondent defends the value of Initial Sea Training (IST), and argues that reduction of fleet size is the fundamental reason ‘at sea’ training has been discarded for Officer Cadets.

Ed. The author revisits the issue of seablindness [112/2, p. 264], comparing the history of defence unification in the UK and US and taking stock of the situation today. A 30 minute read.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers Roger Moorhouse’s new book on the German U-Boat campaign in the Second World War.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book, published in 1943, recounting Winston Churchill’s August 1941 voyage across the North Atlantic on HMS Prince of Wales to meet President Roosevelt, and jointly issue the Atlantic Charter.

Ed. Our correspondent continues his Operation HIGHMAST reporting, with the Carrier Strike Group beginning the return voyage through the Indian Ocean and conducting defence engagement and Joint Operations with the Indian Navy, before turning for Suez. A 5 minute read.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a short book exploring British, Japanese and American battleship designs that were cancelled as a result of the Washington Treaty.