The Naval History of the World War : Offensive Operations, 1914-1915 / Thomas G. Frothingham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frothingham, Thomas G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations.

Local Subjects:

World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.): 8 Ktn.

Edition:

2nd printing. Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Excerpt from The Naval History of the World War: Offensive Operations, 1914 1915 After the War Of 1870 Germany had steadily gained power, under the shrewd policies of Bismarck, who Skil fully took advantage of the enmity between Great Brit ain and Russia at the end of the russo-turkish War of 1877, and made Germany a dominating power in Europe at the Congress of Berlin at which the treaties were drawn up after that war. In 1879 the alliance be tween Germany and austria-hungary had been made, which became the Triple Alliance when joined by Italy. But Great Britain was influenced by anti-russian poli cies, and in fact had even fostered the growth of Ger many as a buffer against Russia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Contents:

Frontmatter

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

CONTENTS

I. The German "Dry-Land" Plan of War

II. Control of the Seas at the Beginning of the World War

III. The Distribution of Naval Forces

IV. The Outbreak of War

V. First Naval Movements throughout the World

VI. Naval Strategy at the Beginning of Hostilities. Escape of the Goeben and Breslau to Constantinople

VII. The Far East, August 1914

VIII. Transporting the British Expeditionary Force. The Action in the Heligoland Bight

IX. The Mediterranean and the Outlying Seas

X. Loss of the Belgian Coast. Lord Fisher in the British Admiralty

XI. The Battle of Coronel

XII. The New Naval Situation and the Battle of the Falkland Islands

XIII. Changes of Naval Strategy

XIV. GERMAN NAVAL RAIDS. THE DOGGER BANK CHASE

XV. THE DARDANELLES PROJECT

XVI. THE DARDANELLES. FIRST NAVAL ATTACKS

XVII. THE DARDANELLES. FINAL DEFEAT OF NAVAL ATTACKS

APPENDICES

A. Tables showing Initial Naval Forces of the Powers

Β. Letter of Admiral Jellicoe to the Admiralty

C. Development of the Blockade of the Confederacy in the Civil War (1861-1865)

D. Vice-Admiral Carden's Plan for the Reduction of the Dardanelles by Naval Forces Alone

E. Table of Dates of the World War

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-33269-5

OCLC:

1004850620