02444nam 2200565 450 991081471710332120230803195253.00-253-01173-6(CKB)2670000000528940(EBL)1636925(SSID)ssj0001130644(PQKBManifestationID)11776512(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001130644(PQKBWorkID)11109813(PQKB)10199495(MiAaPQ)EBC1636925(OCoLC)871005016(MdBmJHUP)muse35029(Au-PeEL)EBL1636925(CaPaEBR)ebr10841990(CaONFJC)MIL577778(EXLCZ)99267000000052894020140315h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBattle of Dogger Bank the first dreadnought engagement, January 1915 /Tobias R. PhilbinBloomington, Indiana :Indiana University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (216 p.)Twentieth-century battlesDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-01169-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Decisions beyond the battlefield -- Building the battle cruisers -- Prologue to war and battle -- The order of battle -- Chase and intercept -- The engagement -- The aftermath.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 tTwentieth-Century BattlesDogger Bank, Battle of the, 1915Dogger Bank, Battle of the, 1915.940.4/55Philbin Tobias R1612243MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814717103321Battle of Dogger Bank4126750UNINA