Yangtze River Gunboats 1900–49

by Angus Konstam

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Format Paperback / Softback

Book Series New Vanguard

ISBN-10 1849084084

ISBN-13 9781849084086

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint Osprey Publishing

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jun 20th, 2011

Print length 48 Pages

Weight 180 grams

Dimensions 19.20 x 23.70 x 0.40 cms

Product Classification: History Military & naval ships

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"Yangtze River Gunboats, 1900-47".

From the end of the 19th century through the first half of the 20th, most Western powers maintained a naval presence in China. These gunboats protected traders and missionaries, safeguarded national interests, and patrolled Chinese rivers in search of pirates. It was a wild, lawless time in China as ruthless warlords fought numerous small wars to increase their power and influence. This book covers the gunboats of all the major nations that stationed naval forces in China, including America, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Japan, and looks at such famous incidents as the Japanese bombing of the USS Patay and the dramatic escape of the HMS Amethyst from Communist forces in 1947, which marked the end of the gunboat era.

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