The First World War at Sea

Adam Smithy takes us through the major naval events of the First World War, assessing the successes and shortcomings of the navies involved. He takes a chronological approach, considering the various naval theatres in parallel over the course of the four years of conflict and how events in one theatre had impacts in others. This approach also highlights the contrast between general assumptions about largescale naval warfare prior to the War with how events developed in practice. A fascinating an