Since the first warships slipped into the world's oceans, battles at sea have raged between rival states and empires. In this latest title from the makers of History Of War magazine you will discover how these early vessels were constructed for war, witness some of the most important battles in history, stand on deck beside the greatest naval commanders and find out how modern battleships are using lasers, railguns and other futuristic weapons to dominate the waves.
DAMN THE TORPEDOES, FULL STEAM AHEAD!
History of War Naval Warfare
OAR AND PEACE • CLIMB ABOARD THE OLDEST WARSHIPS IN HISTORY AND SEE HOW WAR WAS WAGED ON THE HIGH SEAS BY THE GREATEST ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS
SALAMIS • DESPITE BEING VASTLY OUTNUMBERED, THE GREEKS MANAGED TO DEFEAT THEIR PERSIAN ENEMIES AT SEA
SEPTEMBER 480 BCE • HOW THE HEAVILY OUTNUMBERED GREEKS DEFEATED THEIR PERSIAN ENEMIES AT SEA
GREEK WARSHIPS • TRIREMES – THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING MACHINES
TO MAKE WAR ON THE WAVES • THE EARLIEST NAVIES AROSE TO PROJECT POWER OVER WATER, PROTECT THEIR HOMELANDS FROM SEABORNE ATTACK AND SUPPRESS PIRACY
ANCIENT EGYPT
CARTHAGE
PERSIA
ROME
ROMAN WARSHIP • ROMAN REPUBLIC 3RD CENTURY BCE
BATTLE OF ECNOMUS • CAPE ECNOMUS, SICILY 256 BCE
THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM • OCTAVIAN AND AGRIPPA TAKE ON THE INFAMOUS ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA NEAR EPIRUS, GREECE, 2 SEPTEMBER 31 BCE
THE AGE OF SAIL • THE HEIGHT OF NAVAL WARFARE GAVE RISE TO CUTTING-EDGE SHIPS, HISTORY-MAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND THE FINEST ADMIRALS EVER TO SET SAIL
HAYREDDIN BARBAROSSA • THIS PREDATOR OF THE SEAS ROSE FROM CORSAIR CAPTAIN TO GRAND ADMIRAL, BECOMING A MASTER OF GALLEY WARFARE
NAVAL CLASH AT PREVEZA • OTTOMAN ADMIRAL HAYREDDIN BARBAROSSA OUTWITS HOLY LEAGUE ADMIRAL ANDREA DORIA IN A SHOWDOWN IN THE IONIAN SEA, SEPTEMBER 1538
UNHOLY ALLIANCE • BARBAROSSA RELUCTANTLY CO-OPERATED WITH THE FRENCH IN AN ATTACK AGAINST NICE DURING THE SHORT-LIVED FRANCO-OTTOMAN ALLIANCE
THE MARY ROSE • HENRY VIII’S FLAGSHIP IS FAMED FOR ITS DEMISE, BUT THE SUBJECT OF THE LARGEST MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION EVER UNDERTAKEN HAS MUCH MORE TO IT THAN MEETS THE EYE
BATTLE OF GRAVELINES • ENGLISH CHANNEL, JULY-AUGUST 1588
8 AUGUST 1588
BATTLE OF LEPANTO • LEPANTO, GULF OF PATRAS, IONIAN SEA, 7 OCTOBER 1571
MAN-OF-WAR • HIGHLY VERSATILE AND POWERFUL SHIPS CAPABLE OF TRADE, DIPLOMACY AND COMBAT, THE MAN-OF-WAR WAS THE MOST PROMINENT OF ARMED SHIPS FROM THE 16TH TO 19TH CENTURY
INSIDE THE MAN-OF-WAR • WHAT MADE THIS SHIP DESIGN SO DOMINANT FOR SO LONG?
MAN-OF-WAR EVOLUTION
ADMIRAL YI SUN-SIN • THE KOREAN MILITARY GENIUS WHO OVERCAME OVERWHELMING ODDS TO GRIND JAPAN’S SAMURAI WAR MACHINE TO A HALT
THE KOREAN NELSON
NELSON AND THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR • FOR BRITAIN, TRAFALGAR OFFERED ONE LAST CHANCE TO PREVENT AN INVASION. FOR NELSON, IT WAS THE FINAL BATTLE AGAINST A FAR MORE FEARSOME FOE
LIFE IN NELSON’S NAVY • SERVING UNDER NELSON, MANY 19THCENTURY SAILORS FACED GRAVER DANGERS THAN THE ENEMY
NELSON’S ILLNESSES AND INJURIES • NELSON’S TENDENCY TO PUT HIMSELF IN THE HEART OF BATTLE LED TO HIM SUFFERING AN ABUNDANCE OF AILMENTS THROUGHOUT HIS SEAFARING CAREER
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR • 21 OCTOBER 1805
NELSON’S TACTICS • BATTLE AT SEA USUALLY FOLLOWED DEFINED TACTICS, BUT NELSON DEVIATED, RISKED EVERYTHING AND CLAIMED THE MOST DECISIVE VICTORY OF THE WAR
NELSON’S LEGACY
HMS VICTORY • FAMOUS FOR ITS PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, TODAY HMS VICTORY SERVES AS A LIVING, BREATHING MUSEUM OF THE GEORGIAN NAVY
WAR ON THE WAVES • THE 20TH CENTURY WOULD BEAR WITNESS TO THE RISE OF THE DREADNOUGHT, A...
