The Decline of the British Navy:British Warship Repair During World War Ⅱ
Britain was a world power and maritime overlord in the 19th century,with a strong shipbuilding base and naval strength.After the First World War,due to the international naval disarmament treaty and domestic political reasons,the British naval shipbuilding in-dustry was in a serious depression.When World War Ⅱ broke out in 1939,the royal dockyard,which had not yet recovered,undertook the main repair work of warships during the war.German bombing caused the British Navy to face the warship repair crisis.The strategic situation was critical.Britain unable to help herself,so turned to the United States for assistance.The"generous"assistance of America helped Britain ease the repair crisis,which laid the foundation for the victory of the Allied anti-fascist war.But the"illusory"victory masked the continuous decline of the British naval shipbuilding industry,the decline of naval power and the the loss of naval supremacy.
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