Baltic Fleet

had little experience in modern naval combat, and for the most part the admirals were conservative, especially regarding the commitment of resources to combat. On some seas the Allies did not have the advantage. Thus the German navy dominated the Baltic, and the Central Powers contested control of the Black Sea. In the Adriatic the…

exam on naval warfare and that no British officer had contributed anything to naval literature. Churchill was also outraged and baffled after witnessing a gunnery exercise in June of 1912 off the coast of Malta conducted by the Mediterranean fleet. After the fleet finished, he questioned the admiral in command about the number of hits the gunners made on the target and the admiral responded that none had hit. When Churchill showed obvious shock, the admiral told him, “Well, you see, First Lord,…

In 14-19 C.E, with a sudden and effective move, Germanicus Julius Caesar has conquered Germania Superior. This victory has given him the capability of expanding the Roman frontier as far as the Vistula River, and also accomplished his father’s conquest of the Germans. Under his rule, Roman Empire has become stronger than ever, in terms of conquest and domination. After the successful invasion of Caesar, the territory of Roman increased humongously and the process of “Romanization” is widely…

The photograph Valley of the Shadow of Death by Roger Fenton came about when political opportunities became worthwhile to cash on. The image encapsulated the notions of war under sensationalist ideals. This is not to say Fenton took the image only for money. Fenton took the image to showcase the grimier side to military life. The image just happened to be placed in the supervision of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria’s supervision. What other way did the United Kingdom have to show interest, even…

The diffusion of Egyptian cults in the Greek and Roman World Sources The Roman imperial fleet was one of the main gateways for diffusion of Egyptian cults into the Roman world, and both merchant and war fleets had significant role in that diffusion. One of the most important parts of the research of this diffusion is to determinate the groups of citizens who were involved in it. In order to do that we have to find the sources from Greek and Roman periods such as epigraphic inscriptions, literary…

The challenging choices he had to make such as the sinking of the French Fleet in World War II shaped the outcome of the war and ultimately the world. His wartime decisions and speeches empowered the British people and demonstrated Churchill’s intellectual capabilities. He made multiple literary contributions, his biggest being…

German Navy were limited to 35% of the total tonnage of the Royal Navy. In January 1939 Adolf Hitler ordered Plan Z; which was his way of overruling the Anglo-German Naval Agreement and directed the Kreigsmarine to challenge the Royal Navy’s surface fleet in strength and power. Luckily the order was rescinded early, just after the outbreak of the war, to concentrate on the production of German U-boats…

The emergence of the Ottoman empire began in 1299 by Oghuz Turks under the rule of Osman 1 in Northwestern Anatolia. Conquests in the Balkans between the years 1362-1389 and the overthrowing of the Byzantine empire had a profound impact on the geopolitics of the Ottoman empire, ultimately transforming the Ottoman empire as a transcontinental empire and claimant to the caliphate. The Ottoman empire was the leading empire of the Islamic world that controlled large swaths of territory that ranged…

Hitler with Nazy Germany, aimed to essentially rule the world with the Aryan race as its head. Germany’s conflict with the Soviet Union was especially a significant one, and this operation was to mark the beginning of Nazi Germany’s offensive toward the USSR. Although the objective of the operation was to take of the eastern front swiftly in order to focus their personnel on the British, there is something more significant to the matter. There is a lot of history and conflict between the…

The Albigensian Crusade, which lasted from 1208 to 1229, was supposed to wipe out the heretical Cathari or Albigensian sect of Christianity in France, and the Baltic Crusades, lasting from 1211 to 1225, sought to subdue pagans in Transylvania. The Fifth Crusade, put in motion by Pope Innocent III before his death in 1216, was more of a return to form. The Crusaders attacked Egypt from both land and sea, but were…