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Description edit
Between the ending of the Great War and the start of the Second World War in 1939, the Royal Navy remained the largest in the world. But with the League of Nations seeming to offer a solution to all future conflicts, a country weary of war and without an obvious enemy there seemed no need for... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Chatfield: Add a description of this character.
- Nelson
- Beatty
- Phillips
- Churchill
- Ric
- Rodney
- Drax
- Marder
- Madden
- Jellicoe
- Brassey
- Tracy
- George
- Slade
- Warspite
- Mahoney
- Fisher
- Middlebrook
- Roosevelt
- C. Robinson
- Hood
- Peattie
- H.m. Ross
- Dreyer
- Moretz
- Dudley Pound
- Haruna
- Kaga
Setting & Locations edit
- Singapore
- Japan
- Great Britain
- Far East
- Hong Kong
- United States Navy
- Pacific
- London
- China Squadron
- Australia
- Indian Ocean
- Malaya
- Italy
- Germany
- Jutland
- Europe
- Netherlands East Indies
- Washington Treaty
- Malta
- New Zealand
- Atlantic
- Prince Of Wales
- Greenwich
- Washington Conference
- Main Fleet
- Penang
- Gibraltar
- Borneo
- Sasebo
- Rangoon
- France
- Shanghai
- Tokyo
- Trincomalee
- Saigon
- Sydney
- Pearl Harbor
- Pescadores Islands
- Aden
- Durban
- Colombo
First Sentence edit
Japan took its commitment to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance seriously in the Great War, participating in the hunt for Graf Spee's squadron, escorting convoys, seizing German colonies in China and the Pacific and even putting down a mutiny in Singapore.
Table of Contents edit
1. The Influence of a Far Eastern Strategy on British Naval Policy
2. A Far Eastern Strategy; War Memorandum (Eastern)
3. Admiral Richmond and War Memorandum (Eastern)
4. Developing the Far Eastern Strategy; War Memorandum (Eastern) & Changing Circumstances, 1931-1941
5. Battle Fleet Tactics and a War in the Far East
6. The Royal Navy's Strategic & Tactical Exercises
7. Japan's Naval Strategy & Tactics in the Far East
8. Main Fleet to Singapore: The sinking of HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse and the end of War Memorandum (Eastern)
9. Conclusion: War Memorandum (Eastern) and the Royal Navy's Strategic, Operational and Tactical Development
Series & Lists edit
This is book 22 of 48 in Cass Series: Naval Policy and History. (publisher series)
Preceded by The Secret War Against Sweden, and followed by Seapower.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Andrew Field (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Frank Cass
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0714653217
Page Count: 287
Publisher: Frank Cass
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0714653217
Page Count: 287
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: VA454 .F485 2004
- Dewey: 359.03094109041
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