The defence of the Dardanelles : from bombards to battleships /
The Straits of Dardanelles that separates Europe and Asia Anatolia, were fortified in the 15th century with massive bronze bombards and history has proved that unwelcome ships have to run a formidable gauntlet. On 18 March 1915, a powerful fleet of British and French warships attempted to overwhelm...
| Основен автор: | Forrest, Michael (Military historian), (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire :
Pen & Sword Maritime,
2012.
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Defence of the Dardanelles |
Съдържание:
- Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Glossary of Terms; Foreword and Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1
- A Brief History of the Dardanelles; The Dardanelles
- early incursions and defence; Admiral Duckworth and the Dardanelles Operation 1807; Admiral Hornby 1878; The end of the nineteenth century; Notes; CHAPTER 2
- Germany and the Ottoman Empire; Early military reform of the Ottoman Empire; The Italian-Turkish War; The First Balkan War; The Ottoman-German Alliance; The Goeben and Breslau; Krupp guns and the Ottoman Empire; Coastal guns.
- CHAPTER 3
- The Fortification and other DefencesThe entrance forts; The Narrows forts; The condition of the Dardanelles defences in 1914; Fortifications between the entrance and the Narrows; The minefield; The Turkish Navy; Shore-launched torpedoes; CHAPTER 4
- Ships versus Forts; British intelligence and the Dardanelles; 3 November 1914; The big gun competition: Armstrong, Vickers and Krupp; CHAPTER 5
- The Reduction of the Fortifications
- The Beginning; 19 February 1915; 25 February 1915; 26 February 1915; March 1915; Minesweeping; Landing parties; Notes.
- CHAPTER 6
- The Reduction of the Fortifications
- The Hammer and the AnvilGerman and Turkish gun crews; 18 March 1915; CHAPTER 7
- 'They are Gone'; Could the Royal Navy have succeeded with a second assault?; The loss of the Bouvet; CHAPTER 8
- Submarines, Destroyers and More Guns; Submarine actions in the Dardanelles; Destroyer actions in the Dardanelles; The 'human shield' defence; The redeployment of the coastal guns; The Battle of Imbros; CHAPTER 9
- The Chanak Crisis and After; The British defence of Canakkale; The Republic of Turkey; The loss of submarines Atilay and Dumlupinar.
- CHAPTER 10
- The Fortifications TodayHow to get to the Dardanelles; Fortifications that cannot be visited; Fortifications and gun batteries that can be easily found on the Gallipoli peninsula; Aegean coastal gun batteries; Fortifications and guns batteries that can be easily found on the Asian coast; Istanbul; APPENDIX 1
- Krupp Coastal Defence Guns Purchased by Ottoman Turkey; APPENDIX 2
- Krupp Coastal Defence Gun Locations on the Dardanelles; APPENDIX 3
- Dardanelles Gun Batteries
- 18 March 1915; APPENDIX 4a
- Dardanelles Minefield up to 18 March 1915.
- APPENDIX 4b
- Dardanelles Minefield and Anti-Submarine Nets from 28 March to December 1915APPENDIX 5
- Extracts from the Foreign Committee Paper (No. 93) March 1886; APPENDIX 6
- British and French Battleships used in the Dardanelles Campaign up to 18 March 1915; APPENDIX 7
- The Power of the Guns; APPENDIX 8
- The Director Fire Control System; APPENDIX 9
- Shells, Fillings, Fuses and Charges; Bibliography; Index.