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Operations in the Adriatic

On August 6, 1914, an agreement was formalized between the Royal Navy and the French Navy concerning the command of…

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Battle of Gotland (July, 2, 1915)

Reichsmarine vs Russian Navy Fire on the Baltic The fact that the Baltic did not saw naval major battles like…

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Lake Tanganyika’s naval battles

Reichsmarine vs Royal Navy Probably the strangest naval battle of ww1 Lake Tanganyika was one of the largest watery surface…

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The Dardanelles Campaign (February-September 1915)

Turkish Navy vs Royal Navy Foreword It was Churchill personal quest to attack the “soft underbelly” of the entente powers,…

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Battle of the Falklands (8 December 1914)

German Navy vs Royal Navy 8 December 1914 British Revenge over Von Spee Just as Newsweek frontpage stated in 1982,…

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Battle of Cape Sarytch (18 November 1914)

Turkish Navy vs Russian Navy 18 November 1914 Prologue: New recruits for the Turkish fleet: In August 1914, the declaration…

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Battle of Coronel (1st November 1914)

German Navy vs Royal Navy 1st November 1914 Graf Spee’s far east squadron in Valparaiso, Chile, about to sail afte…

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SMS Emden’s Incredible True Odyssey

The white pacific corsair: Her 1914 odyssey would deserve a big budget Hollywood movie*. The truly epic saga of SMS Emden…

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1st Battle of Heligoland (28 August 1914)

British vs German Navy, 28 August 1914 The first major naval battle of ww1 Heligoland in the North Sea is…

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The Odensholm Action (August 26, 1914)

German Navy 26 August 1914 Mining the Gulf of Finland Odensholm (currently Osmussaar, desolate island of 4.7 kilometers belonging to…