03179nam 2200757 450 991045136430332120200520144314.01-84344-098-91-84344-101-21-84344-099-71-281-26070-397866112607051-84839-606-6(CKB)1000000000486668(EBL)1708746(SSID)ssj0001413963(PQKBManifestationID)11891025(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001413963(PQKBWorkID)11430713(PQKB)10951371(SSID)ssj0000275518(PQKBManifestationID)12060577(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275518(PQKBWorkID)10222834(PQKB)11630808(MiAaPQ)EBC1725109(MiAaPQ)EBC1708746(Au-PeEL)EBL1725109(CaPaEBR)ebr10890732(CaONFJC)MIL126070(OCoLC)882778441(Au-PeEL)EBL1708746(OCoLC)881570893(EXLCZ)99100000000048666820140718h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWW1 at sea /Victoria CarolanHertfordshire, England :Pocket Essentials,2014.©20141 online resource (137 p.)Pocket EssentialsDescription based upon print version of record.1-84344-100-4 1-84243-212-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; CopyrightImages 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 waPocket essentials.World War, 1914-1918Naval operations, BritishWorld War, 1914-1918Naval operations, GermanElectronic books.World War, 1914-1918Naval operations, British.World War, 1914-1918Naval operations, German.940.45941Carolan Victoria1037144MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451364303321WW1 at sea2457904UNINA