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Officers in the ‘Fishpond’ and their Roles in the Royal Navy of the Fisher Era 1904-1919
February 26, 2023
Henrikki Tikkanen Aalto University School of Business Abstract Admiral Sir John Fisher was the leading figure behind the considerable reforms that took place in the Royal Navy before and during the First World War. Britain was engaged in a costly naval arms race with Imperial Germany during the Fisher era of 1904-1919. The controversial admiral … CONTINUE READING ❯
A Question of Faith, A Matter of Tactics: The Royal Navy and the Washington Naval Agreement
February 26, 2023
At the conclusion of the Washington Conference in February 1922, statesmen had good reason to feel satisfied at their handiwork.[Those attending the conference included the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France, Italy, China, Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal with representatives from India, Canada, Australia and New Zealand attached to the British delegation.] A naval arms … CONTINUE READING ❯
Admiral David Beatty: The Royal Navy Incarnate
February 3, 2022
Abstract: This paper addresses the connections between David Beatty and ethos in the Royal Navy during World War I. The issue considered herein is the degree to which Beatty conflated his fortunes with those of the organization he served and how this blurring of identities played an outsized role in coloring expectations for the Navy … CONTINUE READING ❯
The Purchase of the Virgin Islands in 1917: Mahan and the American Strategy in the Caribbean Sea
February 3, 2022
Hans Christian Bjerg Independent Historian, Author, and Lecturer Readers of American and Danish history have considered the American purchase of the former Danish West Indies, The Virgin Islands, in 1916-17, as an isolated political event with a short previous history. Danish historians usually explain the sale to the US as mostly due to financial reasons. … CONTINUE READING ❯
The ‘Public Mind’ of British Imperialism: The Seizure of Weihaiwei and the Populist Revolt against Official Far Eastern Policy in 1898
February 3, 2022
Viktor M. Stoll University of Cambridge “They always want everything for themselves…whenever anyone takes anything, the English want to take much more,” foreshadowed Czar Nicholas II to German Chancellor Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe during their discussion on Russo-German Far Eastern territorial ambitions at Peterhof, Russia in 1896. [1. “Sie wollen immer…viel mehr nehmen.” Czar Nicholas II … CONTINUE READING ❯
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Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., and Changing OPNAV
February 3, 2022
Thomas C. Hone Professor of Operations Planning, Ret., US Naval War College Introduction Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., was Chief of Naval Operations from 1 July 1970 to 1 July 1974. In his 1997 oral history, Admiral Harry D. Train II, who served as Executive Assistant and Senior Aide to Chief of Naval Operations Admiral … CONTINUE READING ❯
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Napoleon and New Orleans: the Emperor’s First Surrender and its Impact on Britain in the Last Major Battle of the War of 1812
February 2, 2022
That the United States understood its relative weakness in military and naval matters was evident in the opportunism with which Madison’s government declared war while Britain was focused on the existential threat posed by the Napoleonic juggernaut. CONTINUE READING ❯
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Researching World War I Virtually
May 13, 2021
Lynne M. O’Hara National History Day Many researchers and students of history have found themselves researching from home in the past year. The challenges posed to students by the move to online learning and online research is something that the National History Day (NHD)organization decided to tackle directly. dedicated to improving the teaching and learning … CONTINUE READING ❯
The Might That Failed: Jutland and the Wages of Ceremonial Battle
May 13, 2021
Michael Vlahos The Johns Hopkins University “But there was the glory first.” Rudyard Kipling, The Light That Failed The Battle of Jutland ranks among Britain’s most bitter disappointments. What should have been another Glorious First of June was, in the end, worse than defeat. The Grand Fleet had somehow let victory slip from its grasp. … CONTINUE READING ❯
The Wrong Ship at the Right Time: The Technology of USS Monitor and its Impact on Naval Warfare
May 13, 2021
Larrie D. Ferreiro George Mason University Introduction: “Forty patentable contrivances” Among the many myths that grew up around USS Monitor was that she not only represented a revolutionary concept in naval warfare, marrying steam, armor and a revolving turret, but that her inventor, John Ericsson, had stuffed the ship chock-full of new technologies. This legend … CONTINUE READING ❯