Battle of Heligoland Bight

Informationen zum Autor Eric W. Osborne Klappentext The story of the first naval battle in World War I between Germany and Britain Zusammenfassung The battle of Heligoland Bight was the first major action between the British and German fleets during the First World War. The British orchestrated the battle as a warning to the German high command that any attempt to operate their naval forces in the North Sea would be met by strong British resistance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Introduction 1. The Context of the Battle of Heligoland Bight: The Naval Arms Race and the Resulting Pre-War Strategies of Great Britain and Germany 2. Naval Operations upon the Outbreak of World War I and the Genesis of the Plan for a Raid into Heligoland Bight 3. The Commencement of the Battle of Heligoland Bight 4. The Battle of the Bight Becomes a Decisive Victory 5. The Aftermath of the Battle and Its Ramifications on the War at Sea Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Eric W Osborne, Eric W. Osborne, Osborne Eric W
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.06.2006
• EAN: 9780253347428
• ISBN: 978-0-253-34742-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Twentieth-Century Battles; Twentieth-Century Battles
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries