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Officers in the ‘Fishpond’ and their Roles in the Royal Navy of the Fisher Era 1904-1919
Henrikki Tikkanen Aalto University School of Business Abstract Admiral Sir John Fisher was the leading figure behind the considerable reforms that took place in the Royal Navy before and during the First World War. Britain was engaged in a costly … Continue reading
A Question of Faith, A Matter of Tactics: The Royal Navy and the Washington Naval Agreement
Joseph Moretz Independent Historian At the conclusion of the Washington Conference in February 1922, statesmen had good reason to feel satisfied at their handiwork.1 A naval arms race amongst recently cooperative belligerents had seemingly been forestalled with the prospect of … Continue reading
Admiral David Beatty: The Royal Navy Incarnate
Chuck Steele United States Air Force Academy Abstract: This paper addresses the connections between David Beatty and ethos in the Royal Navy during World War I. The issue considered herein is the degree to which Beatty conflated his fortunes with … Continue reading
The Purchase of the Virgin Islands in 1917: Mahan and the American Strategy in the Caribbean Sea
Hans Christian Bjerg Independent Historian, Author, and Lecturer Readers of American and Danish history have considered the American purchase of the former Danish West Indies, The Virgin Islands, in 1916-17, as an isolated political event with a short previous history. … Continue reading
The ‘Public Mind’ of British Imperialism: The Seizure of Weihaiwei and the Populist Revolt against Official Far Eastern Policy in 1898
Viktor M. Stoll University of Cambridge “They always want everything for themselves…whenever anyone takes anything, the English want to take much more,” foreshadowed Czar Nicholas II to German Chancellor Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe during their discussion on Russo-German Far Eastern territorial … Continue reading
Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., and Changing OPNAV
Thomas C. Hone Professor of Operations Planning, Ret., US Naval War College Introduction Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., was Chief of Naval Operations from 1 July 1970 to 1 July 1974. In his 1997 oral history, Admiral Harry D. Train … Continue reading
Napoleon and New Orleans: the Emperor’s First Surrender and its Impact on Britain in the Last Major Battle of the War of 1812
That the United States understood its relative weakness in military and naval matters was evident in the opportunism with which Madison’s government declared war while Britain was focused on the existential threat posed by the Napoleonic juggernaut. Continue reading
Researching World War I Virtually
Lynne M. O’Hara National History Day Many researchers and students of history have found themselves researching from home in the past year. The challenges posed to students by the move to online learning and online research is something that the … Continue reading
The Might That Failed: Jutland and the Wages of Ceremonial Battle
Michael Vlahos The Johns Hopkins University “But there was the glory first.” Rudyard Kipling, The Light That Failed The Battle of Jutland ranks among Britain’s most bitter disappointments. What should have been another Glorious First of June was, in the … Continue reading
The Wrong Ship at the Right Time: The Technology of USS Monitor and its Impact on Naval Warfare
Larrie D. Ferreiro George Mason University Introduction: “Forty patentable contrivances” Among the many myths that grew up around USS Monitor was that she not only represented a revolutionary concept in naval warfare, marrying steam, armor and a revolving turret, but … Continue reading
Torpex and the Atlantic Victory
Colin F. Baxter East Tennessee State University Abstract For almost three years, from 1940 until the summer of 1943, German U-boats and Allied forces fought the greatest submarine campaign in history in the Battle of the Atlantic. During those desperate … Continue reading
Our Insecure Futures: How Can Prepare and Cope?
Richard J. Danzig 2013 Philip A. Crowl Memorial Lecture At the Annual Naval War College Dinner in the Washington Navy Yard on May 9, 2013, Dr. Richard J. Danzig gave a Phillip A. Crowel Lecture, “Our Insecure Futures: How Can … Continue reading
It’s a navy’s job, only no navy can do it! Understanding and Addressing Western Neglect of Maritime Trade Protection
Lieutenant Comander Matthijs Ooms Royal Netherlands Navy 1 The recent return of geostrategic state competition has brought an end to complacency about interstate war. In the maritime domain, this has increased the prospect of high-intensity maritime warfare. While many Western 2 … Continue reading
The Rise and Fall of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, 1900-1918
Stanley D. M. Carpenter Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval War College At 1645 on 31 October 1918, onboard the flagship of the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Navy, the red-white-red ensign of the Habsburg Navy fluttered down from the jackstaff. Rear-Admiral (Kontre-Admiral) … Continue reading
An Unatoned War Crime of the First World War: The Sinking of a Hospital Ship by U-86
Ulrich van der Heyden University of South Africa, Pretoria German War Crimes during the First World War? Even a hundred years after the beginning of the First World War, 1 some segments of the German media still glorify submarine warfare … Continue reading