Operation Albion
Title | Operation Albion PDF eBook |
Author | Michael B. Barrett |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2008-02-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0253003539 |
In October 1917, an invasion force of some 25,000 German soldiers, accompanied by a flotilla of 10 dreadnoughts, 350 other vessels, a half-dozen zeppelins, and 80 aircraft, attacked the Baltic islands of Dago, Osel, and Moon at the head of the Gulf of Riga. It proved to be the most successful amphibious operation of World War I. The three islands fell, the Gulf was opened to German warships and was now a threat to Russian naval bases in the Gulf of Finland, and 20,000 Russians were captured. The invasion proved to be the last major operation in the East. Although the invasion had achieved its objectives and placed the Germans in an excellent position for the resumption of warfare in the spring, within three weeks of the operation, the Bolsheviks took power in Russia (November 7, 1917) and Albion faded into obscurity as the war in the East came to a slow end.
Operation Albion
Title | Operation Albion PDF eBook |
Author | Michael B. Barrett |
Publisher | |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2008-02-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Although the invasion had achieved its objectives and placed the Germans in an excellent position for the resumption of warfare in the spring, within three weeks of the operation, the Bolsheviks took power in Russia (November 7, 1917) and Albion faded into obscurity as the war in the East came to a slow end.
Battle for the Baltic Islands 1917
Title | Battle for the Baltic Islands 1917 PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Staff |
Publisher | Pen and Sword Maritime |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
"In 1917, despite the revolution, the Russians were still willing to continue the war against Germany. This book reveals Operation Albion, the German seaborne operation that changed their minds. The Baltic Islands were pivotal for the defence of the Finnish Gulf and the Russian capital, St. Petersburg. This campaign therefore had great importance for the war in the East, and it was only soon after the fall of the Baltic Islands that the Russians began peace negotiations (freeing hundreds of thousands of German soldiers for the Kaiser's last gamble on the Western Front)." "Gary Staff's study of arguably the most successful combined operation (by any side) of the Great War, scuttles the myth that the Imperial German Navy's surface fleet achieved little after the Battle of Jutland."--BOOK JACKET.
Marine Corps University Journal
Title | Marine Corps University Journal PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Government Printing Office |
Pages | 126 |
Release | |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Title | Library of Congress Subject Headings PDF eBook |
Author | Library of Congress |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1540 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Subject headings, Library of Congress |
ISBN |
Major Fleet-Versus-Fleet Operations in the Pacific War, 1941-1945
Title | Major Fleet-Versus-Fleet Operations in the Pacific War, 1941-1945 PDF eBook |
Author | Milan N. Vego |
Publisher | Government Printing Office |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781935352440 |
"A detailed study of three major naval operations of World War II. These three, initiated by imperial Japan, took place in the Pacific and resulted in the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway/Aleutians, and the Philippine Sea. All the cases provide ample background on the geographic and strategic context of the operations, as well as an account of the unfolding of the action utilizing much primary source material in, especially, American and Japanese archives"--Provided by publisher.
Combined Operations
Title | Combined Operations PDF eBook |
Author | Jeremy Black |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 263 |
Release | 2017-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1442276940 |
This compelling book provides the first global history of the evolution of combined operations since Antiquity. Beginning with amphibious warfare in the ancient world of the Romans, Vikings, and Mongols, Jeremy Black advances through the Gunpowder Revolution, the rise of maritime empires and the formation of nation-states, the early Industrial Revolution and the adaptation of modern technology to warfare, the twentieth-century world wars, the Cold War, and concluding with the modern age of irregular and asymmetric conflict. Black’s informed and analytical narrative emphasizes conflicts around the world, focusing not only on leading powers but also regional combatants. His case studies include amphibious operations in the Mongol invasions of Japan, the War for American Independence, and the Gallipoli campaign of World War I. He also explores the development and effectiveness of airborne operations as a way to project military power inland. Offering a balanced assessment of strategic, operational, and technical developments over time, Black considers both the potential and limitations of amphibious and airborne warfare—past, present, and future.