Battle of Dogger Bank : the first dreadnought engagement, January 1915 / Tobias R. Philbin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philbin, Tobias R.

Series:

Twentieth-Century Battles

Twentieth-century battles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dogger Bank, Battle of the, 1915.

Germany. Kriegsmarine--History--World War, 1914-1918.

Germany.

Great Britain. Royal Navy--History--World War, 1914-1918.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On January 24, 1915, a German naval force commanded by Admiral Franz von Hipper conducted a raid on British fishing fleets in the area of the Dogger Banks. The force was engaged by a British force, which had been alerted by a decoded radio intercept. The ensuing battle would prove to be the largest and longest surface engagement until the Battle of Jutland the following summer. While the Germans lost an armored cruiser with heavy loss of life and Hipper's flagship was almost sunk, confusion in executing orders allowed the Germans to escape. The British considered the battle a victory; but t

Contents:

Decisions beyond the battlefield

Building the battle cruisers

Prologue to war and battle

The order of battle

Chase and intercept

The engagement

The aftermath.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253011732

0253011736

OCLC:

871005016