Further Resources

Dreadnought: Britain, Germany and the Coming of the Great War
In this major literary event, Pulitzer Prize-winning Robert K. Massie has written a gripping chronicle of the personal and national rivalries that led to the 20th century's first great arms race resulting in the first true battleship, HMS Dreadnought.
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The Great Naval Race
The dramatic story of the deadly competition in dreadnought battleships between Great Britain and Imperial Germany in the years before the First World War. Was the outbreak of war, as many historians have written, the inevitable result of the armaments race?
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Jutland 1916: Death in the Grey Wastes
Based on letters, diaries, unpublished memoirs, interviews, books and other sources, this detailed study examines the whole event from the perspective of participants on both sides and from all ranks. Relive the dramatic intensity of the battle, and the all too sad aftermath.
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Battleship
In tracing the evolution of the battleship from the earliest days to the pinnacle of its development, Peter Padfield reviews the pressure of politics which drove technology to its limits in the quest for larger ships with heavier armour and bigger guns.
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Jutland: Analysis of the Fighting
The most comprehensive analysis available of the battle performance of ships and weapons of the dreadnought era. Every movement is carefully detailed and just about every single hit on every ship is chronicled, describing exactly what damage was inflicted and exactly when it happened.
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Castles of Steel
Jutland was a titanic and brutal battle between dreadnoughts. The knowledge, understanding and literary power Robert K. Massie brings to this story is unparalleled. There will never again be a war like this in which seagoing monsters hurl shells at each other until one side is destroyed.
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Battleships
Examines the many amazing ships that have existed worldwide, and includes the main battles in which the ships have taken part. Each ship is illustrated and technical details are also included. A must-have reference book for everyone interested in the ships that have helped make history.
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Flawed Victory: Jutland 1916
Keith Yates sets the scene with a description of the backgound to the battle and the personalities involved, gives a detailed account of the confused fighting on the day, and also describes the post-war arguments as the participants sought to apportion blame and exonerate themselves.
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Dreadnought: History of the Modern Battleship
Battleships were the biggest and most complicated things built by human hand and they became symbols of national prestige. This history of the dreadnoughts, illustrated with photos and drawings, is also useful as a reference source as well as a history of the "big-gun" era.
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Eclipse of the Big Gun
The era begins with fleets dominated by large vessels bearing heavy guns, and relying on visual sighting of their opponents. By its end, battles were fought without ships of either side being in sight of one another, while under the waves lurked the menace of the submarine and its deadly torpedo.
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The Fighting at Jutland
Men of all ranks throughout the British fleet, wrote of what he had seen and how the experience at Jutland affected him. These were edited and arranged to follow the chronology of the battle, offering a chance to re-live the excitement, the fear and even occasionally the boredom of each stage of the fighting.
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The German Submarine War 1914-1918
This account of the U-boat campaign during World War I represents the official British history of the war against the German submarine attack on shipping. With a foreword written by Earl Jellicoe, this book brings to life the great struggle for mastery of the shipping lanes from 1914 to 1918.
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The Encyclopedia of U-Boats
By the end of WWI, the submarine had changed the face of naval warfare forever. This comprehensive reference book traces the remarkable history of the German U-boat, recording all the different submarine classes and types developed from the U-1 launched in 1906, and beyond.
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U-Boats: History, Development and Equipment
An authoritative record of the service history and fate of every U-boat that was built. The author covers the history of this famous class of German submarine, from early operations in WWI, through WWII, until the remainder were finally scuttled by the Allies in the late 1940s.
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German Warships of World War I
Now available for public consumption, this is the Royal Navy's official 1914-1918 recognition and intelligence guide to the entire Imperial German High Seas Fleet.
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The Grand Scuttle
Uses previously unused German archive material, eye-witness accounts and the recollections of survivors as well as many contemporary photographs that capture the spectacle of the finest ships of the time being deliberately sunk by their own crews.
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Jutland to Junkyard
In June 1919, at Scapa Flow in Orkney, one of the most extraordinary events in naval history occurred, the German High Seas Fleet, was scuttled. This book is dedicated to the story of its salvage, recounting the extraordinary ingenuity, courage and resourcefulness of the salvagers in the face of extreme odds.
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The Great War at Sea
This exciting history of the greatest war ever fought at sea radically reinterprets events, arguing that it was the war at sea, rather than the more famous land battles, that decided the course of World War I. This masterful narrative covers both the grand strategy and war at the individual level.
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The Battleship Dreadnought
Launched in 1906, HMS Dreadnought was the first "all big-gun" battleship and, as such revolutionised battleship design for more than a generation. Though she saw little action during her career, her influence was profound.
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Home of the Fleet
The authors look at the dockyard's role in times of conflict, from the First World War onward and considers the effects of privatisation and cutbacks. Richly illustrated with photographs, this book will appeal to anyone who is interested in Britain's naval heritage.
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Jutland 1916: Clash of the Dreadnoughts
The only major fleet engagement of WWI, the Battle of Jutland has been surrounded by controversy ever since. This title recounts in detail how on an early summer's evening in 1916, the two fleets clashed head to head: the events that followed would spark a debate that still rages today.
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A Naval History of World War I
Paul G. Halpern examines not only naval operations, but leadership, policy, strategy, tactics and technology and relates these to the wider political, diplomatic and economic aspects of the war. An outstanding book, which gives an excellent global overview of the war at sea in WWI.
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The Rules of the Game
In a detailed analysis of the personalities commanding and the operational practice of the Edwardian Royal Navy, Andrew Gordon draws compelling conclusions about the failure of the Grand Fleet to annihilate the High Seas Fleet at Jutland.
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The First World War
A major Channel 4 production, this definitive ten-part series offers insight and analysis to provide a coherent and strategic military narrative of the worldwide conflict that changed history.
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The Great War
Though essentially the story of Britain's war, it also analyses the impact of war on Germany, France, Russia and the USA. It covers all angles and theatres of war and their causes and consequences.
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World War 1 in Colour
For the first time we can witness the gritty reality of life in the trenches and other aspects of World War I in full colour. Includes material from Russia, Germany, France, Italy, the USA and Britain's own Imperial War Museum.
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Map of the British Positions at Jutland
A superb high resolution map displaying the position of every ship in the British Grand Fleet. Available for free and for any use.
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