Admiral Sir James Somerville’s command of the Eastern Fleet in 1942 caused serious tensions in Anglo-American naval relations despite the admiral’s personal efforts to cultivate closer ties with the US Navy. Specifically, US Navy admirals such as Ernest King felt that while the US Navy had helped the Royal Navy in its hour of need, the favour was not returned by the British. Diverging assessments of the value of the Indian Ocean and the Royal Navy’s wartime experience were the critical factors that led to these tensions. This article highlights the limits of individual attitudes in shaping wartime Anglo-American naval relations. One admiral’s personal views could not overcome differences in British and American naval thinking which led to frustration and resentment rather than greater harmony.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    A One-way Street? Admiral James Somerville and Anglo-American Naval Relations, 1942


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    The Mariner's Mirror ; 106 , 3 ; 307-319


    Publication date :

    2020-07-02


    Size :

    13 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Unknown





    Jane Somerville

    Warnes, Carole A. | Wiley | 2008

    Free access

    ANGLO-SPANISH NAVAL RELATIONS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

    Black, Jeremy | Taylor & Francis Verlag | 1991


    Admiral moffet's report on naval aviation

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1922


    The Somerville Papers

    Simpson | Online Contents | 1996