The Crisis of the Naval War by John Rushworth Jellicoe

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10409.html.images 520 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10409.epub3.images 250 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10409.epub.images 261 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10409.epub.noimages 241 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10409.kf8.images 469 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10409.kindle.images 460 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10409.txt.utf-8 503 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/10409/pg10409-h.zip 247 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Jellicoe, John Rushworth, 1859-1935
Title The Crisis of the Naval War
Credits Produced by Jon Ingram, David King, and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team
Summary "The Crisis of the Naval War" by John Rushworth Jellicoe is a historical account published in the early 20th century that delves into naval warfare during World War I, particularly focusing on the Royal Navy's efforts to combat the German submarine campaign. The book likely addresses the strategic developments, organizational changes, and operational tactics used by the British naval forces, highlighting the critical challenges and responses during what Jellicoe considers the gravest peril faced by the nation. The opening of the book introduces Jellicoe’s intent to document the naval strategies and organizational adaptations undertaken at the Admiralty in response to the escalating submarine threat. He reflects on the gravity of the situation during the war, emphasizing the crux of British naval operations that were largely unknown to the public at the time. Jellicoe outlines the emergence of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany, the subsequent losses in merchant shipping, and the urgent measures taken by the Admiralty to counter the crisis, including improvements in naval organization, the introduction of new operational tactics, and collaboration with the United States Navy. Overall, this beginning sets the stage for a detailed exploration of the Royal Navy's strategic evolution throughout the tumultuous events of 1917, leading to significant developments in maritime warfare. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, British
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations -- Submarine
Category Text
EBook-No. 10409
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Dec 19, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 66 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!