Titles starting with U from Naval and Military Press Ltd

This is a collection of narratives of German U-Boat sailors, members of the U-Boat Fellowship, illustrated with b/w photos and drawings by Claus Bergen, a war artist with the German Fleet. Commander Neureuther, in his epilogue, comments that seldom can there have been so closely knit a body of men as that little company that faced their common fate within the narrow compass of a submarine. The bonds that united them have outlasted the years that followed the war. Life in a submarine in those early days wa... more information

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This book contains four lists. The first provides a record of the Naval and Military services of all Trinity college men who served in the Great War, giving month and year of first appointment and their regiments, recording promotions, distinctions, casualties and, in some cases, the fronts on which they served. It also shows who were members of the Dublin University OfficersÕ Training Corps. Any academic achievements are also given. This list contains 3,042 names. The second list is of members of t... more information

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This is a monumental piece of work, encompassing as it does the war record of all University members who served in the Armed Forces. The Record comprises, first, a ÒRoll of the Fallen,Ó on which are 944 names of members, 846 of them with portrait photos. This Roll is arranged alphabetically and gives for each individual his date of birth, his school, his athletic and military record at school, the Faculty in which he studied and his degree (if any), his athletic and militay record at the univ... more information

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This record of service lists first of all those who died with date and details of the circumstances of death. Then follows the list of Honours and Awards with portrait photos of the five VCs. This list includes any citations. The final list is the Roll of War Service which records the names and other particulars of officers, former officers and former cadets of the UniversityÕs Officers Training Corps who rendered commissioned service in the war between the dates 5th August 1914 and 11th November 19... more information

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On 20 April 1861 the Civil War in the United States opened with the capture of Norfolk Navy Yard by the Confederate forces from the South, and the war raged for four more years, with, as usual, the greater number of casualties being among the infantry. Infantry battle tactics were determined at the time by the firearms with which they were issued, and the main infantry weapon was the Springfield rifle musket. This muzzle loaded weapon was slow to fire, and marginally accurate, even with the new Minie ball:... more information

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