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Adriatic naval war
armored cruiser actions
Austro-Hungarian Navy
Author_Leonard R Heinz
Author_Vincent O'Hara
Baltic Sea campaign
Battle of Cape Sarych
Battle of Coronel
Battle of Dogger Bank
Battle of Heligoland Bight
Battle of Jutland
Battle of the Falklands
battlecruiser operations
battlefleet operations
Black Sea campaign
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Category=JWLF
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commerce raiding
convoy attack
David Beatty
destroyer actions
dreadnought warfare
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First World War navies
fleet doctrine
Imperial Russian Navy
Kaiserliche Marine
light cruiser warfare
maritime blockade
Maximilian von Spee
Mediterranean naval warfare
Mediterranean sea
mine warfare
naval engagements
naval fire control
naval history
naval surface warfare
North Sea campaign
operational history
Royal Navy
sea power theory
surface warships
torpedo boat attacks
torpedo warfare
World War I
World War I naval history
Product details
- ISBN 9781682476253
- Weight: 553g
- Dimensions: 155 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2020
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Clash of Fleets is an operational history that records every naval engagement fought between major surface warships during World War I. Much more than a catalog of combat facts, Clash of Fleets explores why battles occurred; how the different navies fought; and how combat advanced doctrine and affected the development and application of technology. The result is a holistic overview of the war at sea as it affected all nations and all theaters of war. A work of this scope is unprecedented.
Organized into seven chapters, the authors first introduce the technology, weapons, ships, and the doctrine that governed naval warfare in 1914. The next five chapters explore each year of the war and are subdivided into sections corresponding to major geographic areas. This arrangement allows the massive sweep of action to be presented in a structured and easy to follow format that includes engagements fought by the Austro-Hungarian, British, French, German, Ottoman, and Russian Navies in the Adriatic, Aegean, Baltic, Black, Mediterranean, and North Seas as well as the Atlantic, India, and Pacific Oceans. The role of surface combat in the Great War is analyzed and these actions are compared to major naval wars before and after.
In addition to providing detailed descriptions of actions in their historical perspectives, O'Hara and Heinz advance several themes, including the notion that World War I was a war of navies as much as a war of armies. They explain that surface combat had a major impact on all aspects of the naval war and on the course of the war in general. Finally, Clash of Fleets illustrates that systems developed in peace do not always work as expected in war, that some are not used as anticipated, and that others became unexpectedly important. There is much for today's naval professional to consider in the naval conflict that occurred a century ago.
Organized into seven chapters, the authors first introduce the technology, weapons, ships, and the doctrine that governed naval warfare in 1914. The next five chapters explore each year of the war and are subdivided into sections corresponding to major geographic areas. This arrangement allows the massive sweep of action to be presented in a structured and easy to follow format that includes engagements fought by the Austro-Hungarian, British, French, German, Ottoman, and Russian Navies in the Adriatic, Aegean, Baltic, Black, Mediterranean, and North Seas as well as the Atlantic, India, and Pacific Oceans. The role of surface combat in the Great War is analyzed and these actions are compared to major naval wars before and after.
In addition to providing detailed descriptions of actions in their historical perspectives, O'Hara and Heinz advance several themes, including the notion that World War I was a war of navies as much as a war of armies. They explain that surface combat had a major impact on all aspects of the naval war and on the course of the war in general. Finally, Clash of Fleets illustrates that systems developed in peace do not always work as expected in war, that some are not used as anticipated, and that others became unexpectedly important. There is much for today's naval professional to consider in the naval conflict that occurred a century ago.
Vincent P. O'Hara is an independent scholar and author; his most recent book is Six Victories: North Africa, Malta, and the Mediterranean Convoy War, November 1941-March 1942. He holds a history degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and lives in Chula Vista, California.
Leonard R. Heinz is a retired financial services lawyer with a strong interest in naval affairs. He has designed and published many wargames with an emphasis on tactical naval simulations. He holds a history degree from the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Corrales, New Mexico.
Leonard R. Heinz is a retired financial services lawyer with a strong interest in naval affairs. He has designed and published many wargames with an emphasis on tactical naval simulations. He holds a history degree from the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Corrales, New Mexico.
