BOOKS - MILITARY HISTORY - French Battleships 1914-45
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French Battleships 1914-45
Author: Ryan K. Noppen, Paul Wright
Year: 2019
Format: PDF
File size: 8,1 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2019
Format: PDF
File size: 8,1 MB
Language: ENG
On September 1, 1910, France became the last great naval power to lay down a dreadnought battleship, the Courbet. The ensuing Courbet and Bretagne-class dreadnoughts had a relatively quiet World War I, spending most of it at anchor off the entrance to the Adriatic, keeping watch over the Austro-Hungarian fleet. The constraints of the Washington Naval Treaty prevented new battleships being built until the 1930s, with the innovative Dunkerque-class and excellent Richelieu-class of battleships designed to counter new German designs.