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The face of battle revealed in the words of the men who fought paperback may 1, 2006. Note you can book a request online with the imperial war museum to view this film whilst visiting the. Students who tour the hms belfast can develop a better perspective of what life on the sea was like. The first world war gary sheffield, imperial war museum on. The imperial war museum book of the war at sea is the story of nearly six years war at sea during the second world war, as seen by british sailors, from ordinary seamen to admirals, in their memoirs, diaries, letters, and taped interviews. Director of the imperial war museum who transformed it from a decaying backwater to a major tourist attraction. Based on gripping firsthand testimony from the archives of the imperial war museum, this book reveals what it was really like to serve in the royal navy during the first world war. Iwm holds a large collection of published material relating to twentieth and twentyfirstcentury conflict. The royal navy in the second world war hardcover march 1, 1996. In 1914, the prosperity of great britain and its empire depended on control of the worlds oceans. Imperial war museum book of the war at sea 191418 by. The museum started life in 1917 before the end of the first world war, and now has four other branches across the country including the churchill war rooms in. He has published six books with the imperial war museum.
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