The Battles of Coronel and the Falklands, 1914 by Geoffrey Bennett

The Battles of Coronel and the Falklands, 1914 by Geoffrey Bennett

The defeat that Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock suffered at Coronel in 1914 at the hands of Maximilian Graf von Spee, one of Germany's most brilliant naval commanders, was the most humiliating blow to British naval prestige since the eighteenth century and a defeat that had to be avenged immediately. On 8 December 1914, the German squadron steamed towards Port Stanley, unaware that in the harbour lay two great British battle-cruisers, the 'Invincible' and 'Inflexible'. Realizing this, Spee had no option but to turn and flee. Hour by hour during that long day, the British ships closed in until, eventually, Spee was forced to confront the enemy. With extraordinary courage, and against hopeless odds, the German cruisers fought to the bitter end. At five-thirty that afternoon, the last ship slowly turned and rolled to the bottom. Cradock and Britain had been avenged.

Geoffrey Bennett began his literary career with a series of naval adventure novels written under the pseudonym 'Sea Lion'. Later, under his own name, he wrote several naval histories. During the Second World War he saw active service at Salerno and went on to command HMS 'St Bride's Bay'. After the war he spent some time as naval attache in Moscow. He died in 1983. This new edition contains a Preface and Addendum by Rodney Bennett, the author's son.

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ISBN 13	9781783462797
ISBN 10	1783462795
Title	The Battles of Coronel and the Falklands, 1914
Author	Geoffrey Bennett
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published	2014-06-01
Number of pages	180
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