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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787897803321

Autore

Philbin Tobias R

Titolo

Battle of Dogger Bank : the first dreadnought engagement, January 1915 / / Tobias R. Philbin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-253-01173-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Twentieth-century battles

Disciplina

940.4/55

Soggetti

Dogger Bank, Battle of the, 1915

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Decisions beyond the battlefield -- Building the battle cruisers -- Prologue to war and battle -- The order of battle -- Chase and intercept -- The engagement -- The aftermath.

Sommario/riassunto

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