The Battle of the Otranto Straits: Controlling the Gateway to the Adriatic in World War I
(Part of the Twentieth-Century Battles Series and Twentieth-Century Battles Series)
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Called by some a "Mediterranean Jutland," the Battle of the Otranto Straits involved warships from Austria, Germany, Italy, Britain, and France. Although fought by light units with no dreadnoughts involved, Otranto was a battle in three dimensions--engaging surface vessels, aircraft, and subsurface weapons (both submarines and mines). An attempt to halt the movement of submarines into the Adriatic using British drifters armed with nets and mines...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0253343798
ISBN13:9780253343796
Release Date:June 2004
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Length:186 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.7"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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