War at Sea: A Naval Atlas 1939-1945

It is no exaggeration to say that the outcome of the Second World War was determined by British and American control of the sea. Despite many merchant ships sunk in the Atlantic with German U-boats coming close to severing the vital trans-Atlantic supply chain and disastrous battleship losses to the Japanese in the Far East off Malaya and at Pearl Harbor, it was the ability of the British and Americans to overcome these setbacks that was critical to eventual victory. The Royal Navy helped evacuate Dunkirk and its existence was crucial in deterring a German invasion of the British homeland....