The Taking of the Baltic Islands in October, 1917
Author | : Guillermo Faupel |
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Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 1930 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Guillermo Faupel |
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Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 1930 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Roy E. Moore |
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Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1937 |
Genre | : Islands of the Baltic |
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Author | : Fred D. Beans |
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Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1937 |
Genre | : Landing operations |
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Author | : Erich von Tschischwitz |
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Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 1936 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Earle Gilmore Wheeler |
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Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1937 |
Genre | : Operation Albion, 1917 |
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Author | : Michael B. Barrett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2008-02-19 |
Genre | : History |
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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.
Author | : Gary Staff |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2009-03-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1783033185 |
“A very detailed operational account of the highly successful German amphibious landings in October of 1917 on the Russian islands of Osel and Dago.”—The NYMAS Review In late 1917, the Russians, despite the revolution, were still willing to continue the war against Germany. This is an account of Operation Albion, the highly successful seaborne operation launched by the Germans to change their minds. The Baltic Islands were pivotal for the defense of the Finnish Gulf and St. Petersburg, so their capture was essential for any campaign towards the Russian capital. Only after the fall of the islands did Russia begin peace negotiations (freeing nearly half a million German soldiers for the Kaiser’s last gamble on the Western Front). This then was a campaign of great significance for the war on both Eastern and Western fronts. A large part of the High Sea Fleet took part in the invasion of the Baltic islands, including the most modern dreadnought battleships. The Russians mounted a resolute defense despite being heavily outgunned and over a ten-day period there were many naval clashes around the islands as well as the campaign ashore, all of which are described in detail with the use of both Russian and German firsthand accounts. This book shatters the myth that the Imperial German Navy spent the last two years of the war cowering in port. “Should be a blueprint for other military history books . . . The maps are some of the best I have seen in military books . . . The author tells the story of the campaign from the smallest mine sweeper to the various battleships involved.”—A Wargamers Needful Things
Author | : Sir James Edward Edmonds |
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Total Pages | : 5 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Michael B. Barrett |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total 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.