Barrie Pitt (1918–2006)
Autore di The Battle of the Atlantic
Sull'Autore
Barrie Pitt is a distinguished military historian, and is the author of The Edge of Battle, Churchill and the Generals and Special Boat Squadron.
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Opere di Barrie Pitt
The Crucible of War: Wavell's Command: The Definitive History of the Desert War - Volume 1 (1986) 48 copie
The Crucible of War: Auchinleck's Command: The Definitive History of the Desert War - Volume 2 (1986) 45 copie
The Crucible of War: Montgomery and Alamein: The Definitive History of the Desert War - Volume 3 (1986) 37 copie
History of the Second World War, Part 037: Suicide Invasion, What Went Wrong at Dieppe? (1972) 5 copie
History of the Second World War, Part 019: Desert Tragedy: Frenchman Fights Frenchman in Syria 4 copie
History of the Second World War, Part 076: The Strange Career and Spectacular Death of the Tirpitz 2 copie
History of the Second World War, Part 046: Tunisia the Noose Tightens; Guadalcanal Slaughter at Sea 2 copie
Standaard geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Dl. 3: 1942 De slag in de Javazee Stalingrad 1 copia
The Battle of the Atlantic WWII 1 copia
Opere correlate
Their Finest Hour: The Story of the Battle of Britain 1940 (1968) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 177 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1991 (1991) — Author "Italy's Pearl Harbor" — 14 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1993 (1993) — Author "The Brave Bunglers of Narvik" — 12 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1994 (1993) — Author "Mers el Kebir: The Unnecessary Showdown" — 9 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Pitt, Barrie William Edward
- Data di nascita
- 1918-07-07
- Data di morte
- 2006-04-15
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Galway, Ireland
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Purnell illustrated history of the first world war di Barrie Pitt
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Special Boat Squadron by Barrie Pitt is the history of the secretive Special Boat Squadron (SBS). Pitt was well known as a military historian and editor of Purnell’s History of the Second World War and History of the First World War. His publications include Coronel and Falkland, Churchill and the Generals and The Crucible of War, a trilogy covering the North African campaign of the Second World War. He was born in Galway and later lived near Ilminster in Somerset. Pitt also served in the SBS.
The Small Boat Squadron started out as a one-time raiding party in North Africa and evolved into a special unit of the Royal Marines. From its adoption by the navy, the SBS performed impressive missions in the Mediterranean. Pitt does not limit the telling of just successes but missions that failed to complete its objective. The first members of SBS came from a wide mix of services and military specialities. A comment was made that they could never go on parade with the mix of uniforms. But, the SBS was more about action than it was in parades.
Pitt presents a well-written history of a service that remained secretive until the Falklands War. The history is detailed and includes first-hand accounts. Although the SBS has a long and storied history, Pitt limits his history to World War II and the Aegean. The accounts are very detailed but footnotes are limited and there are no cited sources in the appendix. All in all a very good history of a secretive military force.… (altro)
The Small Boat Squadron started out as a one-time raiding party in North Africa and evolved into a special unit of the Royal Marines. From its adoption by the navy, the SBS performed impressive missions in the Mediterranean. Pitt does not limit the telling of just successes but missions that failed to complete its objective. The first members of SBS came from a wide mix of services and military specialities. A comment was made that they could never go on parade with the mix of uniforms. But, the SBS was more about action than it was in parades.
Pitt presents a well-written history of a service that remained secretive until the Falklands War. The history is detailed and includes first-hand accounts. Although the SBS has a long and storied history, Pitt limits his history to World War II and the Aegean. The accounts are very detailed but footnotes are limited and there are no cited sources in the appendix. All in all a very good history of a secretive military force.… (altro)
Not exactly the most measured book ever written on Zeebrugge, more of a Boy's Own version full of derring-do and English (NB not British) pluck, but an OK read except in the bits where he's fawning over Keyes, whom Pitt obviously worships.
Born in the fertile mind of Sir roger Keyes, this amphibious attack on the Belgian Port was designed to seriously hamper the German U-Boat campaign around the British Isles. Considering the complexity of the plan and the lack of the later small radio sets, it went off extremely well. The Germans were caught napping, but their response was still quite strong. So it was a bloody day, and the most Victoria crosses for a single action were handed out. It is a readable account of a complex situation.
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- Popolarità
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- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 13
- ISBN
- 60
- Lingue
- 6
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