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Author Philbin, Tobias R

Title Admiral von Hipper : the inconvenient Hero
Published Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1982

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Description 1 online resource (278 pages)
Contents ADMIRAL VON HIPPER THE INCONVENIENT HERO -- Title page -- Copyright page -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Table of contents -- INTRODUCTION -- GLOSSARY -- PART I. THE GENESIS OF AN ADMIRAL -- The Early Years -- Rise to Command -- Prologue to War -- PART II. HIPPER AND THE NAVAL ENVIRONMENT -- New Naval Weapons -- Expanded Communications -- Logistics -- Ammunition -- Fuel -- Personnel -- Hipper's Materiel -- Hipper and the High Command -- PART III. HIPPER AND THE FLEET -- Hipper and German Naval Strategy -- plates -- Operations Proposal -- War Operation 20 The Bombardment of Scarborough and Hartlepool
The Battle of Dogger Bank -- The Battle of Jutland -- After Jutland -- PART IV. HIPPER, MUTINY AND REVOLUTION -- Prelude to Mutiny -- The Defeat of Germany -- The Last Battle -- Rebellion -- Revolution -- Postscript -- APPENDIX I. CHRONOLOGY OF NAVAL SERVICE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- I. PRIMARY SOURCES -- A. Archival Sources -- 1. German Ministry of Marine Manuscripts -- a. Official Papers -- b. Private Papers -- 2. British Admiralty Manuscripts -- a. The Public Record Office -- b. Ministry of Defence Naval Historical Branch -- c. Ministry of Defence, Naval Library -- d. National Maritime Museum
3. United States Navy Manuscripts -- B. Writer's Correspondence -- C. Published Documents -- D. Memoirs, Diaries and Published Papers -- II. SECONDARY WORKS -- A. General works and Monographs -- B. Articles -- C. Periodicals -- INDEX
Summary This work aims to constitute an objective analysis of a German World War I naval combat commander within his proper context, by closely defining both the military-technical and military-political milieux in which Franz Hipper operated. The description of Hipper's actions in the battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland and his handling of communications, airships, and the new technologies of war demonstrate the importance of the military environment. The volume also provides a glimpse into the decision-making process involved in the construction of German battle cruisers and the impact these decision
Notes Print version record
Subject Hipper, Franz, Ritter von, 1863-1932.
SUBJECT Hipper, Franz, Ritter von, 1863-1932 fast
Subject Germany. Kriegsmarine -- Biography
SUBJECT Germany. Kriegsmarine fast
Subject Admirals -- Germany -- Biography
Admirals
SUBJECT Germany -- History, Naval -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054606
Subject Germany
Genre/Form Biographies
Naval history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789027272584
9027272581