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History of the Royal Navy 1943-2000 (2009)

After the fiasco of The Dieppe Raid in 1942, where 1,000 men were killed, the lessons learnt in amphibious warfare were put to good use on D-Day in June 1944. The Naval operation was called Naptune and its outcome turned the tide of the war. After WWII, the downsizing of the armed forces and decline of the British Empire signaled the end of the Royal Navy as a world force. However, the advent of the jet age saw the development of strike aircraft such as the Attacker, Scimitar, Buccaneer and the Harrier which helped bring the Royal Navy back to the forefront of world power. The Falklands War in 1982 and the sinking of the Argentine cruiser BELGRANO by a British nuclear submarine, once again demonstrated the continuing resolve of the Royal navy. At the end of the 20th Century, the Royal Navy is a slimmed-down force but its aircraft carriers and fleet of Trident submarines patrol of worlds seas fulfilling the combined roles of war, peacekeeping and humanitarian relief, either alone or with its allies.

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