The defence of the Dardanelles : from bombards to battleships / Michael Forrest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forrest, Michael (Military historian), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Turkey--Gallipoli Peninsula.

World War, 1914-1918.

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

Dardanelles Strait (Turkey)--History, Military.

Dardanelles Strait (Turkey).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Maritime, 2012.

Summary:

The Straits of Dardanelles that separates Europe and Asia Anatolia, were fortified in the 15th century with massive bronze bombards and history has proved that unwelcome ships have to run a formidable gauntlet.On 18 March 1915, a powerful fleet of British and French warships attempted to overwhelm the shore defenses of the Dardanelles to allow minesweepers to clear the Straits. The attack failed at huge cost; three ships sunk and three more seriously damaged.By bringing together many threads of information, including extracts from British intelligence sources that had previously determined tha

Contents:

Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Glossary of Terms; Foreword and Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 - A Brief History of the Dardanelles; The Dardanelles - early incursions and defence; Admiral Duckworth and the Dardanelles Operation 1807; Admiral Hornby 1878; The end of the nineteenth century; Notes; CHAPTER 2 - Germany and the Ottoman Empire; Early military reform of the Ottoman Empire; The Italian-Turkish War; The First Balkan War; The Ottoman-German Alliance; The Goeben and Breslau; Krupp guns and the Ottoman Empire; Coastal guns

CHAPTER 3 - The Fortification and other DefencesThe entrance forts; The Narrows forts; The condition of the Dardanelles defences in 1914; Fortifications between the entrance and the Narrows; The minefield; The Turkish Navy; Shore-launched torpedoes; CHAPTER 4 - Ships versus Forts; British intelligence and the Dardanelles; 3 November 1914; The big gun competition: Armstrong, Vickers and Krupp; CHAPTER 5 - The Reduction of the Fortifications - The Beginning; 19 February 1915; 25 February 1915; 26 February 1915; March 1915; Minesweeping; Landing parties; Notes

CHAPTER 6 - The Reduction of the Fortifications - The Hammer and the AnvilGerman and Turkish gun crews; 18 March 1915; CHAPTER 7 - 'They are Gone'; Could the Royal Navy have succeeded with a second assault?; The loss of the Bouvet; CHAPTER 8 - Submarines, Destroyers and More Guns; Submarine actions in the Dardanelles; Destroyer actions in the Dardanelles; The 'human shield' defence; The redeployment of the coastal guns; The Battle of Imbros; CHAPTER 9 - The Chanak Crisis and After; The British defence of Canakkale; The Republic of Turkey; The loss of submarines Atilay and Dumlupinar

CHAPTER 10 - The Fortifications TodayHow to get to the Dardanelles; Fortifications that cannot be visited; Fortifications and gun batteries that can be easily found on the Gallipoli peninsula; Aegean coastal gun batteries; Fortifications and guns batteries that can be easily found on the Asian coast; Istanbul; APPENDIX 1 - Krupp Coastal Defence Guns Purchased by Ottoman Turkey; APPENDIX 2 - Krupp Coastal Defence Gun Locations on the Dardanelles; APPENDIX 3 - Dardanelles Gun Batteries - 18 March 1915; APPENDIX 4a - Dardanelles Minefield up to 18 March 1915

APPENDIX 4b - Dardanelles Minefield and Anti-Submarine Nets from 28 March to December 1915APPENDIX 5 - Extracts from the Foreign Committee Paper (No. 93) March 1886; APPENDIX 6 - British and French Battleships used in the Dardanelles Campaign up to 18 March 1915; APPENDIX 7 - The Power of the Guns; APPENDIX 8 - The Director Fire Control System; APPENDIX 9 - Shells, Fillings, Fuses and Charges; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783464760

1783464763

9781783469420

1783469420