US Navy Dreadnoughts 1914-45

by Ryan K. Noppen

When the United States went to war with Spain in April 1898, few European observers believed the small and relatively inexperienced American navy could achieve a decisive naval victory over an established European colonial power. In less than five months however, two Spanish naval squadrons lay at the bottom of the seas and the once great Spanish Empire ceded its last colonies in Asia and the New World to the upstart Americans. Admiral George Dewey,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178200386X
• ISBN13: 9781782003861
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.5"