Camera At Sea 1939-1945, Edited by staff of Warship

Camera At Sea 1939-1945, Edited by the staff of Warship
Naval Institute Press, 1978
Oversize, 192 pages, photos and captions on every page.
Library: 940.545 CAM

Description
Camera at Sea is a unique collection of the very best photography of the Second World War at sea. Gathered from official, commercial, and private sources, many of the photos have never been published, and of those which have, few have been since the war.

The collection touches upon all aspects of the naval conflict - rare photos of ships, close-upd of weapons and equipment, dramatic action shots, as well as the human side of the story. But the emphasis is on the quality of the photographs, which are chosen as much for their clairity as for their historical merit.

All illustrations are reproduced large, and to further enhance their value a detailed text has been prepared to accompany each photo. Written by a team of internationally famous authorities, the captions point out salient features and place the photographs in the wider context of the war.

Table of Contents
1. Warships
-Aircraft carriers
-Battleships
-Cruisers
-Destroyers
-Smaller ships

2. Weapons and Equipment

3. Personnel

4. Navies in Exile
-France
-Netherlands
-Poland

5. Colour section

6. Naval Air Power
-The Atlantic and Mediterranean
-The Pacific

7. Operations
-The Atlantic
-The Mediterranean
-Convoys
-U-boats
-The Pacific
-Kamikaze

8. Victory
-German surrender
-Masters of the Pacific
-VJ Day
-Aftermath
-Homecoming

Plenty of naval men in every section of the photos, none of them identified.