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The Tsar's Last Armada - The Epic Journey to the Battle of Tsushima (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R847
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The Tsar's Last Armada - The Epic Journey to the Battle of Tsushima (Paperback, New Ed): Constantine Pleshakov

The Tsar's Last Armada - The Epic Journey to the Battle of Tsushima (Paperback, New Ed)

Constantine Pleshakov

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On May 14-15, 1905, in the Tsushima Straits near Japan, an entire Russian fleet was annihilated, its ships sunk, scattered, or captured by the Japanese. In the deciding battle of the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese lost only three destroyers but the Russians lost twenty-two ships and thousands of sailors. It was the first modern naval battle, employing all the new technology of destruction. The old imperial navy was woefully unprepared. The defeat at Tsushima was the last and greatest of many indignities suffered by the Russian fleet, which had traveled halfway around the world to reach the battle, dogged every mile by bad luck and misadventure. Their legendary admiral, dubbed "Mad Dog," led them on an extraordinary eighteen-thousand-mile journey from the Baltic Sea, around Europe, Africa, and Asia, to the Sea of Japan. They were burdened by the Tsar's incompetent leadership and the old, slow ships that he insisted be included to bulk up the fleet. Moreover, they were under constant fear of attack, and there were no friendly ports to supply coal, food, and fresh water. The level of self-sufficiency attained by this navy was not seen again until the Second World War. The battle of Tsushima is among the top five naval battles in history, equal in scope and drama to those of Lepanto, Trafalgar, Jutland, and Midway, yet despite its importance it has been long neglected in the West. With a novelist's eye and a historian's authority, Constantine Pleshakov tells of the Russian squadron's long, difficult journey and fast, horrible defeat.

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Imprint: BasicBooks
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2003
First published: March 2003
Authors: Constantine Pleshakov
Dimensions: 202 x 129 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 416
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-465-05792-4
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Naval forces & warfare
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
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LSN: 0-465-05792-6
Barcode: 9780465057924

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