1915 the First World War at Sea in Photographs - Couverture souple

Carradice, Phil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1445622378 ISBN 13 : 9781445622378

Editeur : Amberley Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Submarines and blockades dominated the war at sea in 1915. The major event was the sinking by U-20 of the Lusitania, which edged America closer to war. The Germans announced a blockade of Britain in February, using submarines to sink and harry shipping. A British blockade of Germany was announced in March in retaliation. Using its surface fleet to stop neutral vessels, the British attempt was more successful. Attempts to bully Turkey into surrendering saw numerous Allied warships sunk off the Dardanelles and an amphibious landing took place there in an attempt to create a supply route into the Black Sea. By the end of the year it was obvious that the invasion of Turkey had failed and the soldiers began to be evacuated. 200 images tell the story of 1915, the second year of the naval conflict of the war to end all wars.

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Submarines and blockades dominated the war at sea in 1915. The major event was the sinking by U-20 of the Lusitania, which edged America closer to war. The Germans had announced a blockade of Britain in February, using submarines to sink and harry shipping. A British blockade of Germany was announced in March in retaliation. Using its surface fleet to stop neutral vessels, the British attempt was more successful. The British submarine force was also successful, commanders leading patrols into the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea. Surface ship engagements would be fought by battlecruisers at the Battle of the Dogger Bank, and by cruisers off the coast of Chile as the German warship Dresden was sunk in the pacific. On the east coast of Africa, the raider Königsberg was sunk in the war s first instance of sea-air cooperation. Attempts to bully Turkey into surrendering saw numerous Allied warships sunk off the Dardanelles and an amphibious landing took place there in an attempt to create a supply route into the Black Sea. By the end of the year it was obvious that the invasion of Turkey had failed and the soldiers were evacuated. At the same time, Allied shipping was being used to evacuate the Serbian army from the coast of Albania, the biggest seaborne evacuation that there had ever been until Dunkirk.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Phil Carradice has written numerous books, including The Great War: An Illustrated History and Nautical Training Ships. He broadcasts frequently on BBC Radio Wales and lives in the Vale of Glamorgan.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Amberley Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1445622378
• ISBN 13: 9781445622378
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144