Author: Gary Staff
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1844681408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
“This concise and well-written book will serve as a valuable library addition for anyone interested in the naval activities of the Great War.” —Sea Classics The cruisers of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserlische Marine) were active throughout the First World War and saw action all around the globe, tying up valuable Allied naval resources out of all proportion to their number. Drawing on firsthand accounts and original research in German archives, the author here describes in detail some of their most significant and/or audacious battles. Some are well known, such as their role at Jutland, Goeben’s attack on the Russian fleet (which brought Turkey into the war) and the sagas of Konigsberg and Emden; but others have been unduly neglected. Gary Staff deliberately focuses on the latter to bring new material to the attention of the reader and to demonstrate the global span of the cruisers’ activities. The blow-by-blow accounts of the action (drawing heavily on firsthand Allied and especially German accounts) are supported by dozens of photographs, many previously unpublished, from the author’s own impressive collection. The battles described include: Heligoland Bight, August 1914; Coronel, November 1914; Falklands December, 1914; Doggerbank, January 1915; Goeben and the Russian fleet, Black Sea, May 1915; Ostergarn July 1915; Jutland, 1916; Second Heligoland Bight, November 1917; Imbros, January 1918. “This is likely to become the definitive account of the cruiser war and will be essential reading for anyone interested in developing a comprehensive understanding of the naval warfare from 1914-1918.” —Firetrench
Battle on the Seven Seas
Author: Gary Staff
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1844681408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
“This concise and well-written book will serve as a valuable library addition for anyone interested in the naval activities of the Great War.” —Sea Classics The cruisers of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserlische Marine) were active throughout the First World War and saw action all around the globe, tying up valuable Allied naval resources out of all proportion to their number. Drawing on firsthand accounts and original research in German archives, the author here describes in detail some of their most significant and/or audacious battles. Some are well known, such as their role at Jutland, Goeben’s attack on the Russian fleet (which brought Turkey into the war) and the sagas of Konigsberg and Emden; but others have been unduly neglected. Gary Staff deliberately focuses on the latter to bring new material to the attention of the reader and to demonstrate the global span of the cruisers’ activities. The blow-by-blow accounts of the action (drawing heavily on firsthand Allied and especially German accounts) are supported by dozens of photographs, many previously unpublished, from the author’s own impressive collection. The battles described include: Heligoland Bight, August 1914; Coronel, November 1914; Falklands December, 1914; Doggerbank, January 1915; Goeben and the Russian fleet, Black Sea, May 1915; Ostergarn July 1915; Jutland, 1916; Second Heligoland Bight, November 1917; Imbros, January 1918. “This is likely to become the definitive account of the cruiser war and will be essential reading for anyone interested in developing a comprehensive understanding of the naval warfare from 1914-1918.” —Firetrench
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1844681408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
“This concise and well-written book will serve as a valuable library addition for anyone interested in the naval activities of the Great War.” —Sea Classics The cruisers of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserlische Marine) were active throughout the First World War and saw action all around the globe, tying up valuable Allied naval resources out of all proportion to their number. Drawing on firsthand accounts and original research in German archives, the author here describes in detail some of their most significant and/or audacious battles. Some are well known, such as their role at Jutland, Goeben’s attack on the Russian fleet (which brought Turkey into the war) and the sagas of Konigsberg and Emden; but others have been unduly neglected. Gary Staff deliberately focuses on the latter to bring new material to the attention of the reader and to demonstrate the global span of the cruisers’ activities. The blow-by-blow accounts of the action (drawing heavily on firsthand Allied and especially German accounts) are supported by dozens of photographs, many previously unpublished, from the author’s own impressive collection. The battles described include: Heligoland Bight, August 1914; Coronel, November 1914; Falklands December, 1914; Doggerbank, January 1915; Goeben and the Russian fleet, Black Sea, May 1915; Ostergarn July 1915; Jutland, 1916; Second Heligoland Bight, November 1917; Imbros, January 1918. “This is likely to become the definitive account of the cruiser war and will be essential reading for anyone interested in developing a comprehensive understanding of the naval warfare from 1914-1918.” —Firetrench
Battle on the Seven Seas: German Cruiser Battles 1914-1918
Author: Gary Staff
Publisher: Pen & Sword Maritime
ISBN: 9781526743855
Category : Cruisers (Warships)
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher: Pen & Sword Maritime
ISBN: 9781526743855
Category : Cruisers (Warships)
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas
Author: Peter Freuchen
Publisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781592281251
Category : Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover the great mysteries of the sea with one of the most famous explorers of our time.
Publisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781592281251
Category : Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover the great mysteries of the sea with one of the most famous explorers of our time.
Beneath the Seven Seas
Author: George Fletcher Bass
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500051368
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A collection of first-hand accounts by archaeologist from all over the world provides vivid descriptions of historical shipwrecks, from Cemal Pulak's exploration of a royal ship that sank more than 3,300 years ago off the Aegean coast of Turkey, to Donny Hamilton's report about the infamous pirate stronghold of Port Royal, Jamaica, to Robert Ballard's undersea discovery of the Titanic.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500051368
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A collection of first-hand accounts by archaeologist from all over the world provides vivid descriptions of historical shipwrecks, from Cemal Pulak's exploration of a royal ship that sank more than 3,300 years ago off the Aegean coast of Turkey, to Donny Hamilton's report about the infamous pirate stronghold of Port Royal, Jamaica, to Robert Ballard's undersea discovery of the Titanic.
Empires of the Sea
Author: Roger Crowley
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812977645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic clash between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world. In Empires of the Sea, acclaimed historian Roger Crowley has written a thrilling account of this brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam for the soul of Europe, a fast-paced tale of spiraling intensity that ranges from Istanbul to the Gates of Gibraltar. Crowley conjures up a wild cast of pirates, crusaders, and religious warriors struggling for supremacy and survival in a tale of slavery and galley warfare, desperate bravery and utter brutality. Empires of the Sea is a story of extraordinary color and incident, and provides a crucial context for our own clash of civilizations.
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812977645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic clash between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world. In Empires of the Sea, acclaimed historian Roger Crowley has written a thrilling account of this brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam for the soul of Europe, a fast-paced tale of spiraling intensity that ranges from Istanbul to the Gates of Gibraltar. Crowley conjures up a wild cast of pirates, crusaders, and religious warriors struggling for supremacy and survival in a tale of slavery and galley warfare, desperate bravery and utter brutality. Empires of the Sea is a story of extraordinary color and incident, and provides a crucial context for our own clash of civilizations.
Sea Fights and Shipwrecks
Author: Hanson Weightman Baldwin
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y : Hanover House
ISBN:
Category : Naval Battles
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
True stories of adventures and hazards at sea, from 1816-1945.
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y : Hanover House
ISBN:
Category : Naval Battles
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
True stories of adventures and hazards at sea, from 1816-1945.
Unsinkable
Author: Abby Sunderland
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
ISBN: 1400203082
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The stirring narrative of Unsinkable tells sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland's remarkable true story of attempting to become the youngest person ever to sail solo around the world.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
ISBN: 1400203082
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The stirring narrative of Unsinkable tells sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland's remarkable true story of attempting to become the youngest person ever to sail solo around the world.
On the Seven Seas
Author: Chris Peers
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472801423
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
On the Seven Seas is a set of wargames rules covering the high adventure and low morals of the world of the pirate. The rules cover licensed privateers such as da Gama and Drake, ruthless pirates of the Spanish Main, Blackbeard, the Barbary corsairs, the wako of the Far East, not to mention the anti-pirate squadrons, Spanish garrisons and native warriors from around the world that found themselves at odd with generations of sea-borne reavers. The focus of the game is on boarding actions and the exploits of pirate crews on land, and the rules offer a quick-to-learn basic game based around individual characters and small units of rank-and-file.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472801423
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
On the Seven Seas is a set of wargames rules covering the high adventure and low morals of the world of the pirate. The rules cover licensed privateers such as da Gama and Drake, ruthless pirates of the Spanish Main, Blackbeard, the Barbary corsairs, the wako of the Far East, not to mention the anti-pirate squadrons, Spanish garrisons and native warriors from around the world that found themselves at odd with generations of sea-borne reavers. The focus of the game is on boarding actions and the exploits of pirate crews on land, and the rules offer a quick-to-learn basic game based around individual characters and small units of rank-and-file.
Pirates
Author: Jennifer Willis
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 1560256168
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Pirate-lovers will find a crew of jolly, rapacious, and downright wicked scoundrels in this collection of stories for swashbucklers of all ages.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 1560256168
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Pirate-lovers will find a crew of jolly, rapacious, and downright wicked scoundrels in this collection of stories for swashbucklers of all ages.
Battle Rabbits Vol. 1
Author: Amemiya Yuki
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1626923191
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Battle Rabbits is the most recent series by Amemiya Yuki and Ichihara Yukino, the creative team behind the popular manga series, 07-Ghost. Kokuryuu Kaguya was only a little boy when he witnessed his father murdered by a group of demons. Kaguya spent years trying to convince people about what he witnessed, but was dismissed as a traumatized child with an over-active imagination. Now a teenager, Kaguya still remembers... One day, Kaguya is struck by a mysterious light and meets a young woman named Mao--a skillful warrior wearing bunny ears- -who rescues him from a demon attack, then demands to know what planet he's from! Kaguya finds himself inducted into a secret organization of other-worldly individuals whose goal is to defend Earth from monstrous invaders. Reborn as a Battle Rabbit, strange powers awaken within Kaguya which allow him to fight these creatures and seek vengeance for his father's death!
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1626923191
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Battle Rabbits is the most recent series by Amemiya Yuki and Ichihara Yukino, the creative team behind the popular manga series, 07-Ghost. Kokuryuu Kaguya was only a little boy when he witnessed his father murdered by a group of demons. Kaguya spent years trying to convince people about what he witnessed, but was dismissed as a traumatized child with an over-active imagination. Now a teenager, Kaguya still remembers... One day, Kaguya is struck by a mysterious light and meets a young woman named Mao--a skillful warrior wearing bunny ears- -who rescues him from a demon attack, then demands to know what planet he's from! Kaguya finds himself inducted into a secret organization of other-worldly individuals whose goal is to defend Earth from monstrous invaders. Reborn as a Battle Rabbit, strange powers awaken within Kaguya which allow him to fight these creatures and seek vengeance for his father's death!