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by Paul G. Halpern

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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 led to a raid by Austrian light cruisers. The Austrians inflicted heavy damage on the drifters, but Allied naval forces based at Brindisi cut off their withdrawal. The daylight hours saw a running battle, with the Austrians at considerable risk. Heavier Austrian units put out from Cattaro in support, and at the climactic moment the Allied light forces had to turn away, permitting the Austrians to escape. In the end, the Austrians had inflicted more damage than they suffered themselves. The Otranto action shows the difficulties of waging coalition warfare in which diplomatic and national jealousies override military efficiency.

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  • Title The Battle of the Otranto Straits: Controlling the Gateway to the Adriatic in World War I
  • Author Paul G. Halpern
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Printing
  • Pages 186
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN
  • Publication date 2004-06-15
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780253343796 / 0253343798
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.72 x 6.36 x 0.87 in (24.69 x 16.15 x 2.21 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: Mediterranean
  • Category History - Military / War
  • Library of Congress subjects Otranto Straits, Battle of the, 1917
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003025349
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.457

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Paul G. Halpern, Professor of History at Florida State University, is author of A Naval History of World War I; The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1914-1918; The Mediterranean Naval Situation, 1908-1914; and Anton Haus: sterreich-Ungarns Groadmiral. He has served on the Council of the Navy Records Society (Great Britain) and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

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