A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BRITISH NAVY IN THE
BALTIC SEA FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES UNTIL THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
This book presents a comprehensive overview of the activities of the
British navy in the Baltic Sea from the earliest times until the
twentieth century. It traces developments from Anglo-Saxon times,
through the medieval period when there were frequent disputes between
English kings and the Hanseatic League, the seventeenth-century wars
with the Dutch, and Britain's involvement in the Northern Wars in the
early years of the eighteenth century. It considersin detail the major
period of British involvement in the Baltic during the Napoleonic
Wars, when the British navy fought the Danes, Napoleon's allies, and
was highly effective in ensuring Sweden's neutrality and Russia's
change of allegiance. It goes on to discuss British naval actions in
the Baltic during the Crimean War and in the First World War and its
aftermath. Throughout, the book relates naval actions to patterns of
trade, to wider internationalpolitics, and to geographical factors
such as winter sea ice and the shallow nature of the Baltic Sea.
John D. Grainger is the author of numerous books for a variety of
publishers, including five previously published books for Boydell and
Brewer, including _Dictionary of British Naval Battles_ and _The First
Pacific War: Britain and Russia, 1854-56_.
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ISBN
9781782044086
Publisert
2020
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Boydell Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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