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Book Synopsis Submarines at War 1914-1918 by : Richard Compton-Hall
Download or read book Submarines at War 1914-1918 written by Richard Compton-Hall and published by Periscope Publishing Ltd.. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a landmark history of submarine warfare during World War I. An-ex submariner, the author captures the essence of what is what like to operate in these new and lethal craft. This periscope eye view introduces the reader to the great submarine commanders, the tactics they employed and the often-futile attempts made to sink them.
Book Synopsis The German Submarine War 1914-1918 by : R.H. Gibson
Download or read book The German Submarine War 1914-1918 written by R.H. Gibson and published by Periscope Publishing Ltd.. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of the U-boat campaign in the World War I represents the official British history of the war against the German submarine attack on shipping. From a few fragile craft, the U-boats grew to become the greatest menace to Britain's survival.
Book Synopsis The U-Boat War, 1914–1918 by : Edwyn Gray
Download or read book The U-Boat War, 1914–1918 written by Edwyn Gray and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1994-04-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Germany’s usage of submarine warfare during World War I, by the author of Operation Pacific. In 1914, U-Boats were a new and untried weapon, and when such a weapon can bring a mighty empire to the brink of defeat there is a story worth telling. Edwyn Gray’s The U-Boat War is the history of the Kaiser’s attempt to destroy the British Empire by a ruthless campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare. It opens with Germany’s first tentative experiments with the submarines and climaxes with the naval mutiny that helped bring down the Kaiser. In between is a detailed account of a campaign of terror which, by April, 1917, had the British Empire on the verge of surrender. The cost in lives and equipment was staggering. On the German side, 4,894 sailors and 515 officers lost their lives in action; 178 German Submarines were destroyed by the allies; 14 were scuttled and 122 surrendered. According to the most reliable sources, 5,708 ships were destroyed by the U-Boats and 13,333 non-combatants perished in British Ships. World figures for civilian casualties were never released. The U-Boat War is a savage but thrilling account of men fighting for their lives beneath the sea, and of the boats that changed the face of naval warfare.
Book Synopsis British Submarines at War by : Edwyn Gray
Download or read book British Submarines at War written by Edwyn Gray and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-01-31 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1970 and out of print for nearly thirty years, this book has already earned its place as a classic of submarine history by an author with an international reputation for being second-to-none in evoking the claustrophobic horror of war beneath the waves. Accurate in detail, yet written with humanity and humour, it tells the story of Britains pioneer submarines during the 1914-1918 War during which their crews battled courageously in atrocious conditions against a skilled and ruthless enemy and an equally unforgiving sea.2001 marks the centenary of Britains Submarine Service introduced into the Royal Navy in the face of opposition from virtually every flag officer in the fleet. The dedicated enthusiasts who made up their crews were derided as members of The Trade but they fought the Edwardian Naval Establishment as fiercely as they were later to fight the enemy; And Victory was their reward on both occasions. Freshly illustrated, this second edition is a timely tribute to the gallant pioneers who created the legacy of dogged courage, determination, and standards of excellence which remain the proud hallmarks of the Royal Navys submarine service today.
Download or read book U-boat War written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Underwater War; Submarines, 1914-1918 by : Edwyn Gray
Download or read book The Underwater War; Submarines, 1914-1918 written by Edwyn Gray and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the development by the British of a primitive, unreliable and highly dangerous contraption, turning it into a formidable fighting machine. Edwyn Gray describes the inception and early days of the Submarine Service, its struggle against the naval bureaucracy and political machinations, its experiments with early submarines, the terrible disasters it suffered and the dramatic successes it achieved. Above all, he brings to life the men who took the risks in these fragile boats and whose courage and endurance enabled the to smash German shipping to help make the strategic blockade of Germany a success. --from back cover.
Book Synopsis The Submarine War, 1914-1918 by : Andreas Michelsen
Download or read book The Submarine War, 1914-1918 written by Andreas Michelsen and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vice Admiral Andreas Michelsen¿s work details the submarine war as experienced by a senior officer, (Commander of Submarines from 1917 on), responsible for implementing the orders and policies created by those far removed from actual combat conditions. As a professional military man he evaluates and critiques from the point of view of naval officer, and not a statesman or diplomat. Michelsen served ably in his senior command roles. He commanded the torpedo boat raids on The Dover Patrol when leader of torpedoboats. He brought the same exacting nature in his tenure as commander of submarines. The detail in the text is rigorous as are the views. The chaotic workings of naval aspects of German ware making policy are detailed. He delves into the condition of submarine warfare as understood prior to the war, commencement and the ebb and flow of policy as the war progressed. The military accomplishments and fighting tactics of German submarines, his view of Allied anti-submarine efforts, the growth and training of the submarine branch, and the reasons for failing to achieve victory. The work is a polemic as Michelsen grapples with Germany¿s defeat and virtual destruction of his navy and overwhelming changes occurring to Germany. It is a valuable work; having been translated by Allied Naval Intelligence for study by professionals. A fitting title for inclusion in the Great War at Sea series. Footnotes have been added to clarify information which is now obscure and correct errors due to contemporary research.
Book Synopsis The Naval War in the Mediterranean by : Paul G. Halpern
Download or read book The Naval War in the Mediterranean written by Paul G. Halpern and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, originally published in 1987, fills a gap in a neglected area. Looking at the entire war in the Mediterrean, the volume examines the war from the viewpoint of all the important participants, making full use of archives and manuscript collections in Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Austria and the United States. A fascinating mosaic of campaigns emerges in the Adriatic, Straits of Otranto and the Eastern Aegean. The German assistance to the tribes of Libya, the threat that Germany would get her hands on the Russian Black Sea Fleet and use it in the Mediterreanean, and the appearance and influence of the Americans in 1918 all took place against a background of rivalry between the Allies which frustrated the appointment of Jellicoe in 1918 as supreme command at sea in a role similar to that of Foch on land.
Download or read book German Warships of World War 1 written by and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully illustrated, this reference is compiled from a series of confidential books produced by British Intelligence during World War I.
Book Synopsis Dive! Dive!-The Submarine War During the First World War, 1914-18 by : Harold F. B. Wheeler
Download or read book Dive! Dive!-The Submarine War During the First World War, 1914-18 written by Harold F. B. Wheeler and published by Leonaur Limited. This book was released on 2016-06-09 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The worldwide undersea war-1914-18 This Leonaur volume brings together two excellent works on submarine warfare during the First World War in a single good value edition. Wheeler's work provides an interesting and varied overview of the allied effort to overcome the U-Boat threat, including details of the raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend. It deals with submarines in action in the various theatres of the war from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. Submarine v submarine operations and depth charging are described and anecdotes of submarine actions throughout the conflict feature prominently. Domville-Fife's book perfectly partners Wheeler's work by providing detailed descriptions of the submarines of six warring nations, together with technical details of torpedoes and mines. The torpedo boat, mine laying and mine-sweeping fleets plus other anti-submarine tactics are also covered in some detail. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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Book Synopsis Naval History of World War I by : Paul G Halpern
Download or read book Naval History of World War I written by Paul G Halpern and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been a number of studies published on the activities of British and German navies during World War I, but little on naval action in other arenas. This book offers for the first time a balanced history of the naval war as a whole, viewed from the perspective of all participants in all major theaters. The author's earlier examination The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1914-1918, centered on submarine activities and allied efforts to counteract this new menace. With this welcome sequel he again takes the reader beyond those World War I operations staged on the North Sea. Halpern's clear and authoritative voice lends a cohesiveness to this encompassing view of the Italians and Austrians in the Adriatic; the Russians, Germans, and Turks in the Baltic and Black Seas; and French and British in the Mediterranean. Important riverine engagements--notably on the Danube--also are included, along with major colonial campaigns such as Mesopotamia and the Dardanelles. The role of neutral sea powers, such as the Swedes in the Baltic and the Dutch in the East Indies, is examined from the perspective of how their neutrality affected naval activity. Also discussed is the part played by the U.S. Navy and the often overlooked, but far from negligible, role of the Japanese navy. The latter is viewed in the context of the opening months of the war and in the Mediterranean during the height of the submarine crisis of 1917.
Book Synopsis British Submarines in Two World Wars by : Norman Friedman
Download or read book British Submarines in Two World Wars written by Norman Friedman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-03-30 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “indispensable” guide to the Royal Navy’s submarines through 1945, with numerous photos and original plans (The Naval Review). The Royal Navy didn’t invent the submarine—but in 1914, Britain had the largest submarine fleet in the world, and at the end of World War I it had some of the largest and most unusual of all submarines—whose origins and designs are all detailed in this book. During the First World War they virtually closed the Baltic to German iron ore traffic, and blocked supplies to the Turkish army at Gallipoli. They were a major element in the North Sea battles, and fought the U-boat menace. During World War II, US submarines were known for strangling Japan, but lesser known is the parallel battle by British submarines in the Mediterranean to strangle the German army in North Africa. Like their US counterparts, interwar British submarines were designed largely with the demands of a possible Pacific War, though that was not the war they fought. The author also shows how the demands of such a war, fought over vast distances, collided with interwar British Government attempts to limit costs. It says much about the ingenuity of British submarine designers that they met their requirements despite enormous pressure. The author shows how evolving strategic and tactical requirements and evolving technology produced successive types of design. British submariners contributed much to the development of anti-submarine tactics and technology, beginning with largely unknown efforts before World War I. Between the wars, they exploited the new technology of sonar (Asdic), and as a result pioneered submarine silencing, with important advantages to the US Navy as it observed the British. They also pioneered the vital postwar use of submarines as anti-submarine weapons, sinking a U-boat while both were submerged. Heavily illustrated with photos and original plans and incorporating much original analysis, this book is ideal for naval historians and enthusiasts. “Sure to become the standard reference for British submarine development for years to come” —Warship
Book Synopsis The British Submarine Service by : 'Klaxon'
Download or read book The British Submarine Service written by 'Klaxon' and published by . This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fighting and combating the undersea war The author of this book has given his readers an overview of the British submarine and anti-submarine effort during the Great War principally by describing incidents that took place involving the sailors and airman involved. His interesting narrative is full of descriptions of vessels and aeroplanes, but particularly benefits from the inclusion of many first hand reports by the men who served in the battleships, fast patrol vessels, armed trawlers and flying boats engaged in this comparatively new kind of warfare. This book is an essential addition to the library of those interested in the First World War at sea. It is available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket. Leonaur hard covers are cloth bound with head and tail bands and feature gold foil embossed spines-a credit to any collection.
Book Synopsis Naval Power in the War by : C. C. Gill
Download or read book Naval Power in the War written by C. C. Gill and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis British Submarines in the Great War by : Edwyn Gray
Download or read book British Submarines in the Great War written by Edwyn Gray and published by Leo Cooper Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The dangers faced by submariners at war - and even in peace - are self-evident but at no time were they greater than during the Great War 1914-18. Death and disaster came in many guises: minefields, explosive nets, surface ships, U-boats, shore batteries, Zeppelins as well as human error and ever-present equipment failure. The notorious K-Class steam submarines claimed 135 lives in twelve months without any enemy assistance. But as this classic book also describes, there was glory too. Five captains won the VC. A handful of Royal Naval submarines ruled the Baltic from 1916-18 and wreaked mayhem against Turkish shipping in the land-locked Sea of Marmora. Constantly playing deadly cat-and-mouse games with enemy U-boats and surface warships, there were few dull moments for the gallant crews of this infant submarine service. Republished in the Service's Centenary Year, British Submarines in the Great War 1914-18 (formerly A damned Un-English Weapon) is a classic account of the underwater war by one of Britain's foremost naval historians. It also serves as a tinely tribute to the courageous deeds of the pioneers whose legacy has inspired their successors right through to the present day"--Book jacket.
Book Synopsis The Great War, 1914-1918 by : Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher
Download or read book The Great War, 1914-1918 written by Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
