WW2 Autobiography and Biography naval books

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Click here for details of Richard Humble's " Fraser of North Cape " page at camberpete.co.uk !
In 1926, when the young John Hayes entered the Royal Navy's college at Dartmouth, he pledged to serve the Lords of the Admiralty 'at their discretion'. It was a service which would last for forty-two years, taking the author from the South China Sea to the North Cape and from peace to three historic catastrophes of the war at sea — the sinking of the Prince of Wales, the Repulse and Convoy P017.
The Battle and the Breeze sheds much new light on many key aspects of post- 1945 naval policy, such as the controversy surrounding CVA01 (the fleet carrier replacement programme), the crucial decision to procure the Sea Harrier, the lack of airborne early warning at the time of the Falklands war, and the Chevaline and Type 22 programmes. Ashmore also makes fair and sound judgements on his contemporaries such as Lord Louis Mountbatten.
Click on this image to go to my Philip Ziegler's " Mountbatten:The Official Biography " page !
Click this image to go to Patrick Beesly's book " Very Special Admiral "; A biography of Admiral J. H. Godfrey who served as Director of Naval Intelligence in the early years of Woeld War Two
Click on this image to go to Richard Hough's "Mountbatten: Hero of Our Time" page !