Canonnières françaises du Yangtsé de Shanghai à Chongqing, 1900-1941

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The French gunboats of the Yangtze

From Shanghai to Chongqing, 1900-1941
Hervé Barbier

280 pages, 2004, in 8°, paperback

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Preface by Jacques Weber. In a well-documented and easy-to-read work, Hervé Barbier tells us the odyssey of the French river gunboats of the Far East Naval Division on the Yangtze. From hydrographic research missions to attempts to unite French interests in the Yangtze basin, Yunnan and Indochina, Hervé Barbier describes with precision the successive phases of the establishment of the flotilla of French gunboats on the Blue River. She will find herself confronted with the hazards of the troubles in China and then with the Japanese peril.
Very nice copy

The French gunboats of the Yangtze From Shanghai to Chongqing, 1900-1941 Hervé Barbier 280 pages, 2004, in 8°, paperback Preface by Jacques Weber. In a well-documented and easy-to-read work, Hervé Barbier tells us the odyssey of the French river gunboats of the Far East Naval Division on the Yangtze. From hydrographic research missions to attempts to unite French interests in the Yangtze basin, Yunnan and Indochina, Hervé Barbier describes with precision the successive phases of the establishment of the flotilla of French gunboats on the Blue River. She will find herself confronted with the hazards of the troubles in China and then with the Japanese peril. Very nice copy