The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919-1929
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The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919-1929
（Publications of the Navy Records Society, 158）
Ashgate for the Navy Records Society, 2011
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- : ebook
Available at 2 libraries
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Includes index
Contents of Works
- The untidy aftermath of the war
- 1920: the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmora
- 1921-1923: the Turkish crisis
- 1924-1929: the "normal" years
Description and Table of Contents
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: hardcover ISBN 9781409427568
Description
Following the end of the First World War the Mediterranean Fleet found itself heavily involved in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Sea of Marmora, the Black Sea and to a lesser extent, the Adriatic. Naval commanders were faced with complex problems in a situation of neither war nor peace. The collapse of the Ottoman, Russian and Habsburg empires created a vacuum of power in which different factions struggled for control or influence. In the Black Sea this involved the Royal Navy in intervention in 1919 and 1920 on the side of those Russians fighting the Bolsheviks. By 1920 the Allies were also faced with the challenge of the Turkish nationalists, culminating in the Chanak crisis of 1922. The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne enabled the Mediterranean Fleet finally to return to a peacetime routine, although there was renewed threat of war over Mosul in 1925-1926. These events are the subject of the majority of the documents contained in this volume. Those that comprise the final section of the book show the Mediterranean Fleet back to preparation for a major war, applying the lessons of World War One and studying how to make use of new weapons, aircraft carriers and aircraft.
Table of Contents
Part I: 1919: The Untidy Aftermath Of The War, Part Ii: 1920: The Black Sea And The Sea Of Marmora, Part Iii: 1921-1923: The Turkish Crisis. Part Iv: 1924-1929: The 'Normal' Years.
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: ebook ISBN 9781409427575
Description
Following the end of the First World War the Mediterranean Fleet found itself heavily involved in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Sea of Marmora, the Black Sea and to a lesser extent, the Adriatic. Naval commanders were faced with complex problems in a situation of neither war nor peace. The collapse of the Ottoman, Russian and Habsburg empires created a vacuum of power in which different factions struggled for control or influence. In the Black Sea this involved the Royal Navy in intervention in 1919 and 1920 on the side of those Russians fighting the Bolsheviks.
By 1920 the Allies were also faced with the challenge of the Turkish nationalists, culminating in the Chanak crisis of 1922. The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne enabled the Mediterranean Fleet finally to return to a peacetime routine, although there was renewed threat of war over Mosul in 1925-1926.
These events are the subject of the majority of the documents contained in this volume. Those that comprise the final section of the book show the Mediterranean Fleet back to preparation for a major war, applying the lessons of World War One and studying how to make use of new weapons, aircraft carriers and aircraft.
Table of Contents
- Contents: List of maps
- Preface
- Glossary of Abbreviations
- Part I: 1919: the untidy aftermath of the war
- Part II: 1920: the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmora
- Part III: 1921-1923: the Turkish crisis
- Part IV: 1924-1929: the 'normal' years
- Documents and sources
- Index.
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