Battle of Dogger Bank: The First Dreadnought Engagement January 1915 (Twentieth-Century Battles)

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On January 24 1915 a German naval force commanded by Admiral Franz von Hipper conducted a raid on British fishing fleets in the area of the Dogger Banks. The force was engaged by a British force which had been alerted by a decoded radio intercept. The ensuing battle would prove to be the largest and longest surface engagement until the Battle of Jutland the following summer. While the Germans lost an armored cruiser with heavy loss of life and Hippers flagship was almost sunk confusion in executing orders allowed the Germans to escape. The British considered the battle a victory; but the Germans had learned important lessons and they would be better prepared for the next encounter with the British fleet at Jutand. Tobias Philbins Battle of Dogger Bank provides a keen analytical description of the battle and its place in the naval history of World War I.