2009, ISBN: 1841580457

[EAN: 9781841580456], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Birlinn, Edinburugh, Scotland], MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, CORONEL, THE FALKLANDS, NOVEMBER 1ST 1914, CRADDOCK, INDEX SHIPS, ### Coronel and the … Mehr…

[EAN: 9781841580456], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Birlinn, Edinburugh, Scotland], MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, CORONEL, THE FALKLANDS, NOVEMBER 1ST 1914, CRADDOCK, INDEX SHIPS, ### Coronel and the Falklands - Birlinn Edition - 2000 ### #~# This is about the 1914 War and the Falklands, not recent Falklands War #~# ~#~ The Defeat Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock suffered at Coronel in 1914 by Maximilian Graf von Spee, one of Germany's most brilliant naval commanders, a humiliating blow to British maritime prestige since the eighteenth century and a defeat to be avenged. On 8 December 1914, the German squadron steamed towards Port Stanley, unaware that in the harbour lay two great British battlecruisers, the 'Invincible' and 'Inflexible'. Realizing this, Spee had no option but to turn and flee. Hour by hour during that long day, the British ships closed in until, eventually, Spee was forced to confront the enemy. With extraordinary courage, and against hopeless odds, the German cruisers fought to the bitter end. At five-thirty that afternoon, the last ship slowly turned and rolled to the bottom. Cradock and Britain avenged. GEOFFREY BENNETT began his literary career with a series of naval adventure novels written under the pseudonym 'Sea Lion'. Later, under his name, he wrote several naval histories. During the Second World War, he saw active service at Salerno and went on to command HMS 'St Bride's Bay'. After the war, he spent some time as naval attaché in Moscow. He died in 1983. This new edition contains an Introduction and Addendum by Rodney Bennett, the author's son. "A book of excitement and interest which ably deals with men, strategy, tactics and ships that vanished forever. ~#~ THIS BOOK: wonderful Softcover, Title in dark red, edged in gold, Books<

2024, ISBN: 9781841580456

Auflage: 2nd Revised edition 192 Seiten Taschenbuch Einband mit Lagerspuren, sonst sauber u. gut erhalten. Versand D: 3,00 EUR Seefahrt, Falkland-Krieg,, [PU:Birlinn Ltd,]