The Campaign of Trafalgar 1803-1805
Chatham Pictorial Histories
Robert Gardiner (Editor), Roger Morriss (Editor), National
Maritime Museum
Trafalgar, one of the most famous and strategically significant
victories of the age of the sail, was not an isolated event, but rather a
culmination of a campaign that began as soon as war was resumed in May
1803, the ultimate aim being the invasion of Great Britain by Napoleon and
his allied forces. This book examines the campaign and demonstrates the
workings of seapower and reveals that, however great a strategic genius on
land, Napoleon never really grasped the principles of British maritime
defense.
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