The greatest naval campaigns in history, illustrated with state-of-the-art computer graphics, maps, and photographs: this new entry in the widely acclaimed History of Warfare series takes to the high seas in the period between our two largest and most destructive wars. In 1914, international naval power was measured in dreadnought battleships, but within a generation these mighty vessels were rendered redundant. Instead, submarines and aircraft carriers dominated the waters. Battles began to take place at extreme ranges; sometimes rival fleets couldn't even see each other. Amphibious warfare became crucial, both for the liberation of German occupied-Europe and to drive back the Japanese. Through incredible images and insightful analysis by a leading expert in 20th century naval warfare, you'll witness the technological changes that transformed battle; understand the difficulties of progressing from old to new; explore all the key battles; and cover the more rapid period of change in the history of war at sea.
Author(s): Bernard Ireland
Series: History of Warfare
Publisher: Cassell
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 225
COVER......Page 1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 7
MAP LIST......Page 9
Cruise of the East Asiatic
Squadron
August-December 1914......Page 41
The North Sea 1914-18......Page 50
He1igoland Bight
28 August 1914......Page 52
Dogger Bank 24 January 1915......Page 55
Jutland, 31 May 1916......Page 59
The Cuxhaven Raid, 25 December 1914......Page 83
The Mediterranean 1914-18......Page 90
The Dardanelles. March 1915 - January 1916......Page 94
Mesopotamia 1915-18......Page 99
Commercial Losses to U-boats January-May 1942......Page 138
The Bay Offensive 1 June - 2 August 1943......Page 150
Japanese merchant shipping routes 1941-45......Page 161
Japanese expansion December 1941 - July 1942......Page 167
Hawaii Operation: Route of Japanese attack force I 26 November -7 December 1941......Page 176
Pearl Harbor: The Japanese attack 7 December 1941......Page 178
Battle of the Coral Sea 28 April - 11 May 1942......Page 181
Battle of Midway 4-5 June 1942......Page 183
The battle of Surigao Strait 24-25 October 1944......Page 190
Denmark and Norway April-June 1940......Page 194
The Mediterranean 1940-43......Page 200
Convoy - Operation Pedestal 11-13 August 1942......Page 210
CHRONOLOGY......Page 10
INTRODUCTION......Page 15
The army-navy dynamic......Page 16
ANGLO-GERMAN NAVAL RIVALRY......Page 21
The existing European situation......Page 22
The rise of Germany
and colonial expansion......Page 27
Tirpitz and 'risk theory......Page 29
Anglo-French co-operation......Page 31
The coming of the
dreadnought......Page 32
The escalation of the Anglo-German
Naval Race......Page 36
FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-18......Page 39
Cruiser warfare......Page 40
Grand Fleet versus High Seas Fleet......Page 49
The battle of Jutland......Page 56
The U-boat war......Page 66
The British
blockade......Page 75
Enter naval aviation......Page 79
Naval operations in
the Dardanelles......Page 89
The Royal Navy in Mesopotamia......Page 98
The Baltic......Page 103
A TIME OF TREATIES 1918-39......Page 111
Versailles and
restrictions to the German Navy......Page 113
Japanese and American threats to British naval supremacy......Page 114
The Washington Naval Treaty......Page 116
Developments in naval aviation......Page 118
The Anglo-German Naval Treaty......Page 124
SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-45......Page 129
The war against commerce......Page 130
The war against the
U-boat......Page 143
The US submarine war against Japan......Page 154
Amphibious warfare......Page 162
The rise and rise of the
aircraft carrier......Page 174
Norway 1940......Page 193
Epilogue......Page 212
BIOGRAPHIES......Page 214
FURTHER READING......Page 218
INDEX......Page 220
COVER......Page 225
