Remember Scarborough: A Result of the First Arms Race of the Twentieth Century

by Bob Clarke

On the morning of the 16th December 1914, elements of the Imperial German Navy's High Sea Fleet shelled three east coast towns. Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool all suffered damaged. Whilst Hartlepool saw the most loss of life it was the attack on Scarborough that gripped the nation's imagination. Winston Churchill, then First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, wasted no time in condemning the act: Their hate is a measure of their fear. Its senseless expression...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848681119
• ISBN13: 9781848681118
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.2"