NAVAL OPERATIONS by Sir Julian S Corbett, Volume 2,

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HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR - NAVAL OPERATIONS, Volume 2, December 1914 to Spring 1915 (Part 1 of 2) by Sir Julian S Corbett Published by Longmans, Green, London 1921 HMS Illustrious, pre-dreadnought battleship, with Swiftsure-class in background (Maritime Quest, click to enlarge)

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HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR A Modern Introduction

BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

Up-to-date, well-researched naval histories have an important part to play in understanding past events, but I would like to suggest they are equalled by contemporary accounts written not long after the stories they describe, and often by those who took part.

BY DIRECTION OF THE HISTORICAL SECTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF IMPERIAL DEFENCE

NAVAL OPERATIONS

Such near-contemporary accounts include the five volumes of NAVAL OPERATIONS, the first three by Sir Julian S Corbett and the last two by Henry Newbolt. They remain in print, but are still not widely known, and being out-of-copyright, can be found on the internet. They are indispensable to any researcher or scholar of World War 1 who wants to start to understand the vastness of the war at sea and the role of the Royal Navy and its Allies. The naval war, 1914-18 is almost considered peripheral to the war as a whole, especially compared with the Western Front, yet in my opinion, it was just as much a maritime struggle as that of World War 2. If it had been lost to either the German High Seas Fleet or the later Uboat campaign, Allied victory would have been very much in doubt. Hence the value of these volumes. Later editions of these volumes were updated and corrected. These changes have not been taken into account: hence the need to move onto later histories. Also any transcription and proofing errors are mine. Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net

Vol. II BY SIR JULIAN S CORBETT LONGMANS. GREEN AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON 1921 COPYRIGHT 1920 BY LONGMANS, GREEN & CO. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have given the Author access to official documents in the preparation of this work, but they are in no way responsible for his reading or presentation of the facts as stated.

CONTENTS Preface I. Redistribution of the Home Fleets and Operations on the Belgian Coast — November 20 to


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