The Lion and the Eagle: v. 2: The Antagonists

This is the second volume of a Trilogy dealing with Anglo-German naval affairs and conflict before and during the First World War. The first volume dealt with the period leading up to the outbreak of hostilities, and the role the German Navy played in ensuring that Great Britain would be progressively alienated and eventually, reluctantly, driven into the enemy camp. This account deals with the period of the subsequent naval conflict that, bar Jutland, contained most of the significant surface engagements of the Great War. It describes the battles of the Heligoland Bight, Coronel, Falkland Islands, and the Dogger Bank action. It also covers the stunning first impact of the submarine on the whole concept of naval warfare. As a volume, it encompasses the naval administration of those two titans, Churchill and Fisher, whose personalities dominated the period and whose triumphs and disasters are at the heart of the story.

Praise For Volume One

€˜Altogether, this is a book of considerable depth, a comprehensive account in its own right, and also a suitably epic (and impressive) starter.€
WARSHIPS International Fleet Review

€˜David Gregory€s account flows well, is most enjoyable to read and is full of well presented detail.€
The Western Front Association, €˜Stand To€

€˜A brilliant analysis of how Anglo-German relations deteriorated with the premature accession of the unbalanced Kaiser Wilhelm II, and his love-hate relationship with Britain.€
Henry Harwood

David Gregory is an ex-Royal Navy Officer who later served in the armed forces of the Trucial Oman. He was subsequently employed worldwide as master of salvage tugs and support vessels in the offshore oil industry before becoming a professional yacht captain. He has had a lifelong attachment to naval affairs and has been a regular contributor to specialist maritime publications.