Naval Battles of the First World War

by Geoffrey Bennett

Overview

With the Call to action stations in August 1914, the Royal Navy faced its greatest test since the time of Nelson.

This classic history of the Great War at sea combines graphic and stirring accounts of all the principal naval engagements - battles overseas, in home waters and, for the first time, under the sea - with analysis of the strategy and tactics of both sides. Geoffrey Bennett brings these sea battles dramatically to life, and confirms the Allied navies' vital contribution to victory.

'Strongly recommended' RUSI Journal
'Excellent balanced accounts and judgements' Richard Hough

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473816640
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date:	01/31/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Captain Geoffrey Bennett RN (1909-1983) served in the Royal Navy from 1923 until 1958. during which time he was Naval Attaché in Moscow, Warsaw and Helsinki between 1953 and 1955. He was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and much-acclaimed author of 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 (both Pen & Sword Military Classics ).

Table of Contents

	List of Illustrations, Maps and Diagrams	vi
	Author's Acknowledgement	vii
	Notes	viii
	Preface to the Penguin Edition	ix
	Prologue
1	Operation 'ZZ'	1
Act 1	Overseas
2	A Curse on the Orient	14
3	Lone Wolf	36
4	The Long Voyage	55
5	Von Spee's Triumph	71
6	Sturdee's Revenge	97
Act 2	Home Waters
7	First Blood	124
8	The Long Wait	141
9	Beatty versus Hipper	155
10	Jellicoe versus Scheer	175
11	Scheer's escape	204
12	Who won?	223
Act 3	Under the Sea
13	U-boats and Q-ships	246
14	Twisting the Dragon's tail	264
	Epilogue
15	Death of a Fleet	281
	Select Bibliography	293
	Index	297