The Battle of Heligoland Bight
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780253111869 (0253111862)
Publish date: June 13th 2006
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Series: Twentieth-Century Battles
Though overshadowed by later clashes such as the Battles of the Falkland Islands and Jutland, the Battle of Heligoland Bight enjoys the distinction, as Eric Osborne puts it, of being “the first pitched naval engagement of World War I.” Arising from a “sweep” of the German-controlled waters by a for...