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Roman Imperial fleets I
Drawing by Graham Sumner What you see is the Roman naval base at Velsen, just west of Amsterdam, which was in use during the reign of the emperor Tiberius. It is almost certainly identical to the fort named Flevum mentioned by Tacitus. At the conclusion of the civil wars in 30 BC, Octavian had acquired fleets of his own and…
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Soviet Union WWII Submarines
Soviet production of new submarines began in 1927. Clandestine cooperation with Germany gave Soviet engineers access to design data for German types from late World War I: minelayers, Type UBIII, and Mittel-U. The Soviets salved and recommissioned the sunken British submarine L-55, which gave them access to late-war British design…
Soviet Amphibious Warfare
The projection of sea-based ground forces onto land. Amphibious warfare was more widely conducted in World War II than in any previous conflict and on a greater scale than ever before or since. Involving all aspects of naval and military operations— from mine warfare to air and ground combat—amphibious operations…
SOVIET NAVY WWII
Soviet destroyer Valerian Kuibyshev (Northern fleet) Soviet motor torpedo boats of D-3 type (Northern fleet) Popularly known in the West as the “Red Fleet,” the Soviet Navy was divided by geography and ship and base disposition into the Baltic Fleet, Black Sea Fleet, and Pacific Fleet. It suffered a bloody…