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Apart from the controversial Dardanelles campaign and the dramatic escape of the Goeben and Breslau in 1914, the Mediterranean during the First World War has been largely neglected by historians. This major study goes beyond a single campaign to look at the entire war in the area. It does not... read more

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The outbreak of the First World War was at first something of an anti-climax in the Mediterranean.

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List of Maps and Charts
List of Tables
Glossary of Abbreviations
Preface

1 The Mediterranean Naval Balance
2 The Beginning of the War in the Mediterranean and Adriatic
3 The Dardanelles Campaign
4 German Submarines Arrive and Italy Enters the War
5 Stalemate in the Adriatic and the Germans Build Up Their Submarine Strength
6 Macedonia, the End of the Dardanelles Campaign and the Submarine War Intensifies
7 The Allied Failure to Meet the Submarine Challenge in 1916
8 The Adriatic, the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean in 1916
9 The Submarine Crisis - 1917
10 The Otranto Action and the Introduction of Convoys
11 The Final Year of the War: Part One
12 The Climax of the War

Epilogue
Maps and Charts
Select Bibliography
Index

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Paul G. Halpern (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1987
ISBN: 0870214489
Page Count: 650

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: D580 .H35x
  • Dewey: 940.45

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