Operation Albion

Informationen zum Autor Michael B. Barrett is Professor of History at the Citadel and Brigadier General (retired), U.S. Army Reserve. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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 at the head of the Gulf of Riga. This work presents an account of a little-known but dramatic World War I battle for control of the Baltic Islands. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Maps Dates, Times, and Names Acknowledgments 1. Submarine UC-58, Tagga Bay, 28 September 1917 2. The Strategic Importance of the Baltic Islands 3. The Decision to Mount Operation Albion 4. The Islands and Their Defenses 5. The Invasion 6. Ösel, 12-13 October 1917: The Central Island 7. Ösel, 12-16 October 1917: The Island's Ends 8. The Capture of Moon and Dagö Islands 9. The Naval Battle for the Baltic Islands 10. Conclusion 11. Epilogue Appendix: A Word on Sources Notes Bibliography Index

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Michael B. Barrett

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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.

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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 at the head of the Gulf of Riga. This work presents an account of a little-known but dramatic World War I battle for control of the Baltic Islands.

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Contents
List of Maps
Dates, Times, and Names
Acknowledgments

1. Submarine UC-58, Tagga Bay, 28 September 1917
2. The Strategic Importance of the Baltic Islands
3. The Decision to Mount Operation Albion
4. The Islands and Their Defenses
5. The Invasion
6. Ösel, 12-13 October 1917: The Central Island
7. Ösel, 12-16 October 1917: The Island's Ends
8. The Capture of Moon and Dagö Islands
9. The Naval Battle for the Baltic Islands
10. Conclusion
11. Epilogue
    Appendix: A Word on Sources
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index