WW1 at sea / Victoria Carolan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carolan, Victoria, author.

Series:

Pocket essentials.

Pocket Essentials

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, British.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, German.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hertfordshire, England : Pocket Essentials, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Images of WWI in the popular consciousness normally involve the bloody attrition of trench warfare, the miles of mud, the shattered earth and the tangled miles of barbed wire. However there was another significant arena of war - the battle for control of the sea. In 1914 at the beginning of the war, Britain's maritime supremacy had remained unchallenged for around a hundred years. Many expected another Battle of Trafalgar but advances in technology saw a very different kind of warfare with the widespread use of mines, submarines and torpedoes. This book examines the events that led to wa

Contents:

Cover; About the Author; By the Same Author; Title; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; The War Begins; The Surface Raiders and the Battles of Coronel and the Falklands; Turkey and Mesopotamia; Submarines and the Baltic; The Battle of Jutland; Defeating the U-Boat and the Final Stages of the War; Profiles; Chronology; Selected Bibliography; Copyright

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 18, 2014).

ISBN:

9786611260705

9781843440987

1843440989

9781843441014

1843441012

9781843440994

1843440997

9781281260703

1281260703

9781848396067

1848396066

OCLC:

882778441