The Battle of the Otranto Straits: Controlling the Gateway to the Adriatic in World War I

by Paul G. Halpern

Book Overview

Called by some a "Mediterranean Jutland," the Battle of the Otranto Straits involved warships from Austria, Germany, Italy, Britain, and France. Although fought by light units with no dreadnoughts involved, Otranto was a battle in three dimensions--engaging surface vessels, aircraft, and subsurface weapons (both submarines and mines). An attempt to halt the movement of submarines into the Adriatic using British drifters armed with nets and mines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253343798
• ISBN13: 9780253343796
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher