by Barrie Pitt (Author)
In 1914 Great Britain's naval supremacy was challenged for the first time since Trafalgar. A century of Pax Britannica had convinced the public that the Royal Navy was invincible. But it was not, as von Spee demonstrated so ably at Coronel, and in Britain public bewilderment soon turned to anger. First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, and Lord Fisher, First Sea Lord, ordered the destruction of von Spee's squadron. The Germans went to attack the Falklands and fell into the waiting clutches of a powerful British fleet, which wreaked a famous revenge upon the Germans.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: Cassell Military Paperbacks Ed
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 11 Jul 2002
ISBN 10: 0304361607
ISBN 13: 9780304361601
Book Overview: The great days of naval engagement, recalled with moment-by-moment excitement as victory at sea ebbs and flows Author's research based on German and British records A thoroughly absorbing narrative by a major historian