Can Germany Invade England?
CHAPTER I
GREAT BRITAIN'S STRATEGICAL POSITION AND SOURCES OF DEFENSIVE STRENGTH
"This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands;
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England!""Whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself."
Sir Walter Raleigh."Without a well-appointed and commanding Navy, the British Army and the lofty spirit of Britons would be confined to their own shores at home, and become powerless and unknown abroad ; their commerce would fall into decay and pass into other hands, and we should be once more reproached as the Britain toto ab or be exclusa, instead of as now respected in every part of the world."—Life of Admiral Lord Howe.
Set in the heart of stormy seas, often
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