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Chargement... Battle of Dogger Bank: The First Dreadnought Engagement, January 1915 (Twentieth-Century Battles)par Tobias R. Philbin
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. One presumes that this brisk little monograph cannibalizes the author's biography of Franz Hipper but the goal is to put this battle into context as the fruits of the pre-1914 Anglo-German naval race were put to the test, with the great irony being there was really little strategic or operational rationale for this particular battle to be fought, as the two navies looked for reasons to justify the great expenditure of resources that had been devoted to their creation. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
On January 24, 1915, a German naval force commanded by Admiral Franz von Hipper conducted a raid on British fishing fleets in the area of the Dogger Banks. The force was engaged by a British force, which had been alerted by a decoded radio intercept. The ensuing battle would prove to be the largest and longest surface engagement until the Battle of Jutland the following summer. While the Germans lost an armored cruiser with heavy loss of life and Hipper's flagship was almost sunk, confusion in executing orders allowed the Germans to escape. The British considered the battle a victory; but t Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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