The Defence of the Dardanelles: From Bombards to Battleships

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The Defence of the Dardanelles has been created from many varied sources, some of which have never been published before, with the optimistic objective of shedding new light on the battle between some of the most powerful warships in the world of 1914 against the aged Ottoman fortifications of the Dardanelles. The battleships should have won; everyone expected them to do so, yet they failed at a huge cost in men, material and national prestige.

Contents
List of Maps
Glossary of Terms
Foreword and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 A Brief History of the Dardanelles
Chapter 2 Germany and the Ottoman Empire
Chapter 3 The Fortifications and Other Defences
Chapter 4 Ships versus Forts
Chapter 5 The Reduction of the Fortifications - The Beginning
Chapter 6 The Reduction of the Fortifications - The Hammer and the Anvil
Chapter 7 “They are Gone”
Chapter 8 Submarines, Destroyers and More Guns
Chapter 9 The Chanak Crisis and After
Chapter 10 The Fortifications Today
Appendix 1 Krupp Coastal Defence Guns Purchased by Ottoman Turkey
Appendix 2 Krupp Coastal Defence Gun Locations on the Dardanelles
Appendix 3 Dardanelles Gun Batteries - 18 March 1915
Appendix 4A Dardanelles Minefield up to 18 March 1915
Appendix 4B Dardanelles Minefield and Anti-Submarine Nets from 28 March to December 1915
Appendix 5 Extracts from the Foreign Committee Paper (No. 93)-March 1886
Appendix 6 British and French Battleships used in the Dardanelles Campaign up to 18 March 1915
Appendix 7 The Power of the Guns
Appendix 8 The Director Fire Control System
Appendix 9 Shells, Fillings, Fuses and Charges
Bibliography
Index