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UNINA9910451364303321 |
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Autore |
Carolan Victoria |
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Titolo |
WW1 at sea / / Victoria Carolan |
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Hertfordshire, England : , : Pocket Essentials, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-84344-098-9 |
1-84344-101-2 |
1-84344-099-7 |
1-281-26070-3 |
9786611260705 |
1-84839-606-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (137 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1914-1918 - Naval operations, British |
World War, 1914-1918 - Naval operations, German |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; About the Author; By the Same Author; Title; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; The War Begins; The Surface Raiders and the Battles of Coronel and the Falklands; Turkey and Mesopotamia; Submarines and the Baltic; The Battle of Jutland; Defeating the U-Boat and the Final Stages of the War; Profiles; Chronology; Selected Bibliography; Copyright |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Images of WWI in the popular consciousness normally involve the bloody attrition of trench warfare, the miles of mud, the shattered earth and the tangled miles of barbed wire. However there was another significant arena of war - the battle for control of the sea. In 1914 at the beginning of the war, Britain's maritime supremacy had remained unchallenged for around a hundred years. Many expected another Battle of Trafalgar but advances in technology saw a very different kind of warfare with the widespread use of mines, submarines and torpedoes. This book examines the events that led to wa |
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