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Glossary Item: Battlecruiser
Name Battlecruiser
Description The battlecruiser was a large capital ship similar in size and cost to a battleship, and typically carried the same kind of heavy guns, but generally carried less armour and were faster. Their original aim was to hunt down slower, older armoured cruisers.
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Name Bomber Command Continues. The Air Ministry Account of the Rising Offensive against Germany. July 1941 - June 1942
Category Action in the Air
Issued By Ministry Of Information
Issued For Air Ministry
Published Aug/1942
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Name His Majesty's Minesweepers
Category Sea Defence
Issued By Ministry Of Information
Issued For Admiralty
Published May/1943
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Name His Majesty's Submarines
Category Action at Sea
Issued By Ministry Of Information
Issued For Admiralty
Published Jul/1945
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Name The Battle of the Atlantic, The Official Account of the Fight Against The U-Boats, 1939 - 1945
Category Action at Sea
Issued By Central Office Of Information
Issued For none
Published Oct/1946
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Name The Battle of the River Plate. An Account of events before, during and after the action up to the self-destruction of the Admiral Graf Spee.
Category Action at Sea
Issued By Admiralty
Issued For none
Published May/1940
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