Coalition Navies during the Korean War - Understanding Combined Naval Operations

This book presents a detailed assessment of the role of navies in the Korean War. It highlights that, despite being predominantly a land war, navies played a vital part.

List of contents

Notes on Contributors vii
Abbreviations x
List of Tables xii
Foreword xiii
1 Introduction: The Naval War in Korea and Combined Naval Operations 1
IAN BOWERS
2 Small Navies in Naval Coalition Operations 14
DEBORAH SANDERS
3 The U.S. Navy and Combined Naval Operations during the Korean War 27
CORBIN WILLIAMSON
4 The ROKN and Coalition Naval Operations in the Korean War 40
JIHOON YU AND ERIK FRENCH
5 Between Following and Leading: The Royal Navy and Coalition Operations in the Korean War 57
TIM BENBOW
6 Middle Power Aircraft Carriers: The Experience of the Royal Australian Navy in the Era of the Korean War 72
RICHARD DUNLEY
7 A Small but Significant Contribution: The Royal New Zealand Navy and the Korean War 84
STEVEN PAGET
8 The Royal Canadian Navy: Acute Operational Demands Amidst Force Structure Recapitalisation 99
TIMOTHY HIU-TUNG CHOI
9 Jutlandia: Danish Naval Diplomacy in the Korean War 112
ANDERS PUCK NIELSEN
Index 124

About the author

Ian Bowers is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Joint Operations at the Royal Danish Defence College, Denmark.

Product details

• Assisted by: Bowers Ian (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032626550
• ISBN: 978-1-032-62655-0
• No. of pages: 126
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Korea, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, HISTORY / Military / Naval, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, HISTORY / Asia / Korea, Naval forces & warfare, Politics & government, South Korea, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Modern warfare, Naval forces and warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Specific wars and campaigns, The Cold War, North Korea, 1950–1953 (Korean War period), Korean War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Navy;Korean War;Korea;Naval Operations;Maritime Strategy