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Naval Warfare 1914-1918 - From Coronel to the Atlantic and Zeebrugge (Paperback)
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Naval Warfare 1914-1918 - From Coronel to the Atlantic and Zeebrugge (Paperback)
Series: The History of WWI
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Loot Price R479
Discovery Miles 4 790
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The struggle for naval supremacy and the naval arms race inspired
by HMS Dreadnought may have captured the headlines, but the opening
stages of the naval war were dominated by the threat from German
cruisers stationed outside European waters, until they were hunted
down and sunk by the Royal Navy, notably at the Battle of the
Falkland Islands in 1914. Germany switched its focus to the U-boat,
seeing it as a weapon capable of winning the war by starving
Britain into surrender. Unrestricted submarine warfare led to the
sinking of millions of tons of shipping, but it would also force
the USA to enter the war on the Allied side in 1917. In the
Mediterranean, the French fleet took the lead, while
Austria-Hungary supported German actions. The Allied attempt in
1915 to use maritime power to break the strategic deadlock with an
amphibious operation in the Dardanelles ultimately failed, although
Allied sea power helped sustain the successful campaigns against
the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East. What would prove to be the
decisive naval engagement of the war took place in 1916 at the
Battle of Jutland. Whilst the clash itself was inconclusive, the
German High Seas Fleet would be all but confined to port for the
rest of the war, handing the initiative to the Royal Navy. The
resultant command of the seas allowed the Allies to carry fresh
American armies and much-needed supplies to Europe in 1917.
However, victory for the Allies was ultimately delivered by the
naval economic blockade. By preventing the import of war materials
and food, the fighting power and morale of the German armed forces
was weakened. It was the mutiny of the High Seas Fleet in October
1918 that prompted the German Revolution and the subsequent
abdication of the Kaiser. With the aid of over 300 photographs,
complemented by full-colour maps, Naval Warfare provides a detailed
guide to the background and conduct of World War I naval
operations, describing the struggle to win control of the high seas
around the globe.
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