Castles of Steel – Britain, Germany and the winning of the great sea war

August 1914 the two greatest navies in the world confronted each other across the North Sea. At first there were skirmishes, then battles off the coasts of England and Germany and in the far corners of the world, including the Falklands. The British attempted to force the Dardanelles with battleships – which led to the Gallipoli catastrophe. As the stalemate on the ground on the Western Front continued, the German Navy released a last strike against the British ‘ring of steel’. The result was Jutland, a titanic and brutal battle between dreadnoughts.

Author=Robert K Massie
Pages=865
Published=2004
Book Condtion=Ex public library book.library plate on front endpaper.generally excellent condition