The volume belongs to the Britannia Naval Histories of World War II series and includes an introduction by P. D. Grove. Its accounts are Royal Navy battle summaries compiled during the war and subsequently updated. Intelligence, engineering, and other officers contributed, with differences in their writing reflecting their professional interests. The collection offers both the Royal Navy's assessment of events and detailed reconstructions of the operations. It lets readers study a carrier battle alongside the material through which another navy's officers learned from it.
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Royal Navy battle summaries as operational learning documents
Turning the Tide: The Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway collects Royal Navy battle summaries written to help officers learn from wartime operations.