Battle in the Baltic
Dunn, Steve R.2020
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Though, for most participants, the First World War ended on 11 November 1918, the Royal Navy found itself, despite four years of slaughter and war weariness, fighting a fierce and brutal battle in the Baltic Sea against Bolshevik Russia in an attempt to protect the fragile independence of the newly liberated states of Estonia and Latvia. This book describes the events of those two years when Royal Navy ships and men, under the command of Rear Admiral Alexander-Sinclair, found themselves in a maelstrom of chaos and conflicting loyalties, and facing multiple opponents - the communist forces of the Red Army and Navy, led by Leon Trotsky; the gangs of freebooting German soldiers, the Freikorps, intent on keeping the Baltic states under German domination; and the White Russian forces, bent on retaking Petrograd and rebuilding the Russian Empire.
Main title:
Battle in the Baltic / Steve Dunn.
Author:
Dunn, Steve R., author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Seaforth Publishing, 2020.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526742735 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
947.0841
Language:
English
Subject:
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Naval operations, BritishSoviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Participation, BritishBaltic Sea Region -- History, Naval -- 20th centuryGeopolitics -- Baltic Sea Region -- History -- 20th centuryBaltic States -- History -- 1918-1940History
BRN:
2253022
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