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    French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre and Contre-Torpilleurs,1922–1956
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    French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre and Contre-Torpilleurs,1922–1956

    By Jean Moulin and John Jordan

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    Between the wars the French produced some of the largest, and certainly the fastest, destroyers in the world. Known as Contre-Torpilleurs, these striking and innovatory super-destroyers form the core of this book, but the more conventional Torpilleurs d'Escadre are also covered. This history combines the technical and service material published in French-language monographs over the past two decades with the authors' own research from primary sources.
    The structure of the book follows that of the highly successful French Cruisers, with Part I devoted to the design of each of the classes built after 1922. The text is accompanied by detailed data tables and illustrated by a comprehensive set of specially-drawn plans and schemas based on official documents, as well as carefully-selected photographs from French naval sources and from private collections. Coverage runs down to the Le Hardi class, the last pre-war design..
    Part II deals with the historical side, covering the eventful careers of these ships before, during and after the war. This section is illustrated by maps specially drawn for the book, and by contemporary photographs.
    Like its highly successful predecessors, French Battleships and French Cruisers, this beautifully presented book blends technical and historical analysis to produce what must become the standard English-language reference work.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPen and Sword
    Release dateJun 22, 2015
    ISBN9781848323599
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    French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre and Contre-Torpilleurs,1922–1956
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    Jean Moulin

    JEAN MOULIN, his collaborator on this book, is a leading French authority on the ships of the Marine Nationale.

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      Another fine addition to the authors' coverage of French warships of the of the period in question. Besides examining how these ships evolved there is also good coverage of organization, markings, movements and action during World War II and the early Cold War.