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Author : John D. Grainger
Release : 2014
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 474/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The British Navy in the Baltic by : John D. Grainger
Download or read book The British Navy in the Baltic written by John D. Grainger. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Baltic Sea from the earliest times until the twentieth century.
Author : Geoffrey Bennett
Release : 2017-05-31
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 097/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Freeing the Baltic, 1918–1920 by : Geoffrey Bennett
Download or read book Freeing the Baltic, 1918–1920 written by Geoffrey Bennett. This book was released on 2017-05-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1919, the new governments of the besieged Baltic states appealed desperately to the Allies for assistance. A small British flotilla of light cruisers and destroyers were sent to help, under the command of Rear Admiral Sir Walter Cowan. They were given no clear instructions as to what their objective was to be and so Cowan decided that he had to make his own policy. Despite facing a much greater force, Cowan improvised one of the most daring raids ever staged by the British Navy. He succeeded with devastating effect; outmaneuvering his enemies, sinking two Russian Battleships and eventually freeing the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Author : Olavi Vitikka
Release : 1999
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Book Synopsis The British Navy in the Baltic by : Olavi Vitikka
Download or read book The British Navy in the Baltic written by Olavi Vitikka. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steve R Dunn
Release : 2020-01-31
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 748/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Battle in the Baltic by : Steve R Dunn
Download or read book Battle in the Baltic written by Steve R Dunn. This book was released on 2020-01-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The little-known campaign to save Latvian and Estonian independence: "Anyone interested in naval operations is likely to find some useful food for thought.” —StrategyPage For most participants, the First World War ended on November 11, 1918. But Britain’s Royal Navy found itself, after four years of slaughter and war weariness, fighting a fierce and brutal battle in the Baltic Sea against Bolshevik Russia in an attempt to protect the fragile independence of the newly liberated states of Estonia and Latvia. This book describes the events of those two years when Royal Navy ships and men, under the command of Rear Admiral Walter Cowan, found themselves in a maelstrom of chaos and conflicting loyalties, and facing multiple opponents—the communist forces of the Red Army and Navy, led by Leon Trotsky; the gangs of freebooting German soldiers, the Freikorps, intent on keeping the Baltic states under German domination; and the White Russian forces, bent on retaking Petrograd and rebuilding the Russian Empire. During this hard-fought campaign there were successes on both sides. For example, the Royal Navy captured two destroyers that were given to the Estonians; but the submarine L-55 was sunk by Russian warships, lost with all hands. Seeking revenge in a daring sequence of attacks and using small coastal motor boats, the RN sank the cruiser Oleg and badly damaged two Russian battleships. Today few people are aware of this exhausting campaign and the sacrifices made by Royal Navy sailors, but this book retells their exciting but forgotten stories and, using much firsthand testimony, bring back to life the critical naval operations that prevented the retaking of the new Baltic countries that Churchill saw as an essential shield against the encroachment of the Bolsheviks into Europe—and resulted in an uneasy peace that would prevail until 1939.
Author : Donald J. Stoker
Release : 2003
Genre : Arms transfers
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Book Rating : 198/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Britain, France, and the Naval Arms Trade in the Baltic, 1919-1939 by : Donald J. Stoker
Download or read book Britain, France, and the Naval Arms Trade in the Baltic, 1919-1939 written by Donald J. Stoker. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald Stoker's book examines British and French involvement from 1919 to 1939 in the creation and development of the naval forces of Poland, Finland and the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
