Battle in the Baltic: The Royal Navy and the Fight to Save Estonia and Latvia, 1918-20 - Hardcover

by Steve R. Dunn (Author)

Though for most participants World War I ended on 11 November 1918, the Royal Navy found itself, despite four years of slaughter and war weariness, fighting a fierce and brutal battle in the Baltic Sea against Bolshevik Russia in an attempt to protect the fragile independence of the newly liberated states of Estonia and Latvia. This new book by Steve R. Dunn describes the events of those two years when Royal Navy ships and men, under the command of Rear Admiral Alexander-Sinclair, found themselves in a maelstrom of chaos and conflicting loyalties, and facing multiple opponents. Today few people are aware of this exhausting campaign and the sacrifices made by Royal Navy sailors, but the pages of this book retell their exciting but forgotten stories.

Author Biography

Steve R. Dunn is an author with a special interest in the Royal Navy of the late nineteenth century and World War I. He has written biographies and narrative histories, most recently Blockade, Securing the Narrow Sea, Bayly's War, and Southern Thunder. Steve lives in Worcestershire and southwest France.