Freeing the Baltic, 1918-1920

Freeing the Baltic, 1918-1920

Freeing the Baltic, 1918-1920

Freeing the Baltic, 1918-1920

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Overview

In 1919, the new governments of the besieged Baltic states appealed desperately to the Allies for assistance. A small British flotilla of light cruisers and destroyers were sent to help, under the command of Rear Admiral Sir Walter Cowan. They were given no clear instructions as to what their objective was to be and so Cowan decided that he had to make his own policy. Despite facing a much greater force, Cowan improvised one of the most daring raids ever staged by the British Navy. He succeeded with devastating effect; outmaneuvering his enemies, sinking two Russian Battleships and eventually freeing the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781473893092
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date: 01/24/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 264
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Captain Geoffrey Bennett (1908–1983) was a career naval officer who, while serving, published a number of naval adventure yarns and radio plays under the pen-name 'Sea Lion'. He became familiar with the Baltic events of 1919 while naval attaché in Moscow, shortly after the death of Stalin in 1953. On retirement he published several naval histories, including one on Nelson, and studies of both World Wars under his own name, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Also available: Coronel and the Falklands, The Battle of Jutland, Naval Battles of the First World War, Nelson the Commander, The Battle of the River Plate and The Battle of Trafalgar and Naval Battles of World War Two

Table of Contents

Preface to the Pen and Sword edition 5

1 The Baltic Scene 11

2 Red Waters 29

3 Walter Cowan 54

4 Libau 70

5 Biorro Sound 105

6 Operation "RK" 137

7 Bermondt and Yudenitch 172

8 "A Sudden Flood of Mutiny" 194

9 The Price of Admiralty 205

Addendum 226

Cowan's Second War 230

Appendix

A The Price of Admiralty 237

B Notes on Warships employed in the Baltic 240

C Geographical Glossary 246

Sources and Bibliography 248

Acknowledgments 252

Index 255

Maps and Diagrams

1 The Baltic in 1919 10

2 The Gulf of Finland 120

3 The Approaches to Petrograd 152

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