The Tsar&Apos S Last Armada: Epic Journey To Battle Of Tsushima Constantine Pleshakov Basic Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

On May 14-15 1905 In The Tsushima Straits Near Japan An Entire Russian Fleet Was Annihilated Its Ships Sunk Scattered Or Captured By Japanese Deciding Battle Of Russo-Japanese War Lost Only Three Destroyers But Russians Twenty-Two And Thousands Sailors It First Modern Naval Employing All New Technology Destruction Old Imperial Navy Woefully Unprepared Defeat At Last Greatest Many Indignities Suffered Which Had Traveled Halfway Around World To Reach Dogged Every Mile Bad Luck Misadventure Their Legendary Admiral Dubbed \ Mad Dog Led Them Extraordinary Eighteen-Thousand-Mile Journey From Baltic Sea Europe Africa Asia They Were Burdened Tsar\ S Incompetent Leadership Slow That He Insisted Be Included Bulk Up Moreover Under Constant Fear Attack There No Friendly Ports Supply Coal Food Fresh Water Level Self-Sufficiency Attained This Not Seen Again Until Second Is Among Top Five Battles History Equal Scope Drama Those Lepanto Trafalgar Jutland Midway Yet Despite Importance Has Been Long Neglected West With A Novelist\ Eye Historian\ Authority Constantine Pleshakov Tells Squadron\ Difficult Fast Horrible Σελίδες: 416 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0424 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm