Naval Battles of the Twentieth Century

Richard Hough

• Publisher: ABRAMS Press
• Year: 2003
• eBook ISBN: 9781468304534
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: 20th Century History
• Index: History

The major naval powers—Britain, America, Russia, and Japan—have all played a part in the theater of war at sea over the last one hundred years. Naval fighting has always been a rapidly developing affair, and in no century have changes been so swift and fundamental. In 1905, when this book begins, the first major engagement between ironclad fleets—the Battle of Tsu-Shima—took place in the Far East and decided the outcome of the Russo-Japanese war in Japan's favor. What follows are the mighty sea battles of our century, graphically reconstructed for the reader. Victories, defeats, and mutinies at sea, from the battle with the Bismarck to the battles of Midway and Guadalcanal.

Table of contents

• COVER
• ALSO BY THE SAME AUTHOR
• COPYRIGHT
• DEDICATION
• CONTENTS
• ILLUSTRATIONS
• INTRODUCTION
• 1 The Battle of Tsu-Shima
• 2 The Battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands
• 3 The Battle of Dogger Banks
• 4 The Battle of Jutland
• 5 The Battle of River Plate
• 6 The Battle with the Bismarck
• 7 The Battle of Cape Matapan
• 8 The Battle in the South China Sea
• 9 The Battle for the Pacific: Opening Rounds
• 10 The Battle of Midway
• 11 The Battle for Guadalcanal
• 12 The Battle of North Cape
• 13 The Battle for the Philippines
• Select Bibliography
• Index
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