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Coronel and the Falklands

Coronel and the Falklands

by Geoffrey Bennett (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

    $11.52
Synopsis

The defeat that Rear-Admiral Cradock suffered at Coronel at the hands of Maximilian Graf von Spee was recognised as a severe and humiliating blow to British naval prestige since the 18th century. This is the story not just the heroism of Cradock, but also of naval incompetence and lack of forsight.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 180
 Edition: 2nd Revised edition
 Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Published: 24 Oct 2000
ISBN 10: 1841580457
ISBN 13: 9781841580456

Author Bio
Captain Geoffrey Bennett (1908-1983) was a career naval officer who, while serving, published a number of naval adventure yarns and radio plays under the pen-name 'Sea Lion'. He became familiar with the Baltic events of 1919 while naval attach in Moscow, shortly after the death of Stalin in 1953. On retirement he published several naval histories, including one on Nelson, and studies of both World Wars under his own name, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Also available: Coronel and the Falklands, The Battle of Jutland, Naval Battles of the First World War, Nelson the Commander, The Battle of the River Plate and The Battle of Trafalgar and Naval Battles of World War Two