The Sea and the Second World War

Maritime Aspects of a Global Conflict

Marcus Faulkner, Alessio Patalano, James Goldrick , Evan Mawdsley

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The University Press of Kentucky
01 February 2020

History; Maritime history; Second World War; Naval forces & warfare

Series: New Perspectives on the Second World War

The sea shaped the course and conduct of World War II, from the first moments of the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, to the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945. The impact could be felt far beyond the shoreline, as the arms and armies carried across the oceans were ultimately destined to wage war ashore. Populations and industries depended on the raw materials and supplies in a war that increasingly became a contest of national will and economic might. Ultimately, it was the war at sea that linked numerous regional conflicts and theaters of operation into a global war.

As the war grew in complexity and covered an increasingly larger geographical area, the organisation of the maritime effort and the impact it had on the formulation of national strategy also evolved. This volume illustrates the impact of naval operations on the Second World War by highlighting topics previously neglected in the scholarship. In doing so, it provides new insights into political, strategic, administrative, and operational aspects of the maritime dimension of the war.

AUTHORS: Marcus Faulkner is senior teaching fellow in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. He is the author of The Great War at Sea: A Naval Atlas 1914-19 and War at Sea: A Naval Atlas, 1939-1945, and coeditor of Northern European Overture to War, 1939-1941: From Memel to Barbarossa.

Alessio Patalano is a reader in East Asian Warfare and Security at the Department of War Studies at King's College London and specializes in Japanese naval history, strategy, and contemporary maritime issues in East Asia. His latest monograph is Postwar Japan as a Seapower: Imperial Legacy, Wartime Experience and the Making of a Navy.

Contributions by: James Goldrick, Evan Mawdsley, Alan D. Zimm
Edited by: Marcus Faulkner, Alessio Patalano
Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781949668049
ISBN 10: 1949668045
Series: New Perspectives on the Second World War
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 February 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Marcus Faulkner is senior teaching fellow in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. He is the author of The Great War at Sea: A Naval Atlas 1914--19 and War at Sea: A Naval Atlas, 1939--1945, and coeditor of Northern European Overture to War, 1939--1941: From Memel to Barbarossa. Alessio Patalano is a reader in East Asian Warfare and Security at the Department of War Studies at King's College London and specializes in Japanese naval history, strategy, and contemporary maritime issues in East Asia. His latest monograph is Postwar Japan as a Seapower: Imperial Legacy, Wartime Experience and the Making of a Navy.

Reviews for The Sea and the Second World War: Maritime Aspects of a Global Conflict

The Sea and the Second World War is a collection of thought-provoking papers about disparate maritime aspects of the Second World War. -- The Northern Mariner The Sea and the Second World War is an exceptionally good collection of essays on the naval side of the war for the serious student of naval operations. -- Strategy Page