The U Boat War 1914 1918

Author : Edwyn Gray
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473820049
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : R.H. Gibson
Publisher : Periscope Publishing Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9781904381082
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Edwyn A Gray
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 0850524059
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The U-Boat War written by Edwyn A Gray and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1994-04-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “2.20PM Directly in front of us I sighted four funnels and the masts of a passenger steamer at right angles to our course coming from the SW and going towards Galley Head. 3:10 PM Torpedo shot at a distance of 700 meters below the surface” - from the log of the German submarine U-20. The explosion that followed changed history as the date of the ship's log was may 7, 1915, the steamer was the Lusitania, and the torpedo sent 1195 innocent men, women, and children to a watery grave. In 1914, U-Boats were a new and untried weapon, and when such a weapon can bring a mighty empire to the briink 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 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, 4894 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.

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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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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:

Author : Edwyn Gray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Killing Time written by Edwyn Gray and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the German side of submarines during WW1. What were the moral issues on both sides?

Author : Eberhard Rössler
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9780304361205
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The U-boat written by Eberhard Rössler and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2001 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the enthusiast's bible of U-boat history and development, with more detail and technical information than any other book on the subject. Displaying photographic coverage second to none, it has a wealth of submarine plans and profiles that illustrate every aspect of design and operation. Track the constant improvements implemented from World War I to World War II and beyond: the single-drive models, small and midget versions, the move to high submerge speed, the change to Type XXI and XXIII constructions, and production in the twilight of Nazi defeat. A Selection of the Military Book Club.

Author : David Greentree
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781782002840
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Q Ship vs U-Boat written by David Greentree and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of World War I a new and potent threat to Britain's naval supremacy took shape in the form of the Kaiser's Imperial German submarines, thanks to their recently acquired ability to submerge and stalk their adversaries. A submarine's crew could not board and capture a merchant ship, however, and at first the German leadership was reluctant to order their U-boat captains to use gunfire or torpedoes to sink merchantmen - crewed by civilian seamen - because of the expected hostile reaction of neutral countries such as the United States. Instead, U-boat captains were ordered to surface, then check the manifest of merchantmen and allow their crews to take to lifeboats before sinking the cargo vessels, rendering the U-boat highly vulnerable to attack. This enabled the Royal Navy to counter the submarine threat with vessels whose outward appearance was that of a merchantman, but which kept hidden an arsenal of weapons that would spring to life if a U-boat surfaced - the Q-ships. Q-ships came in all shapes and sizes - coastal steamer, trawler, barque, yacht or schooner - but all had to look harmless in order to lure opponents to the surface and encourage them to attack. Armaments differed according to ship size; steamers commonly had 4in guns mounted amidships and in the bow, trawlers 3-pdrs and sailing ships 12-pdrs. Those who served on Q-ships had to accept that their U-boat opponents would be able to strike first. Q-ship captains kept ready a 'panic crew', which was trained to act out an elaborate evacuation to convince the U-boat commander that the ship was being abandoned by its crew. The Q-ship captain would remain behind with a handful of other crewmen manning the guns, which remained hidden until the most opportune time to unmask and engage the U-boat. These deceptions did not go unnoticed, however; German captains learnt to be cautious, and frequently would engage with their guns at longer range and later in the war with torpedoes. U-boat boatswain's mate Christof Lassen view of Q-ships as the 'most unpleasant object we could hope to meet' was commonly held. As the Allies condemned the sinking of merchantmen, the Germans vilified Q-ships as a crude deceit manned by pirates and contrary to the rules of civilized warfare. Encounters were often fought with bitterness and little quarter was given. The Q-ship suited the Royal Navy's preference for offensive action to counter the submarine. The Q-ship concept had emerged early in the war when no other method seemed likely to counter the U-boat threat, and flourished until new technologies and tactics were developed, tested and implemented. Q ships instilled wariness into a previously bold and seemingly invincible enemy. The usefulness of Q-ships waned as they lost their surprise factor, but they helped mitigate the U-boat menace until more effective and efficient means of defence were adopted. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork and drawing upon the latest research, this engaging study brings to life the deadly duel between these two very different vessels at the height of World War I.

Author : Dwight R. Messimer
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Merchant U-boat written by Dwight R. Messimer and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert M. Grant
Publisher : Periscope Publishing Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9781904381150
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U-boat Hunters written by Robert M. Grant and published by Periscope Publishing Ltd.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Grant has made a lifelong study of U-boat operations in the Great War. He explains how the code breakers at the Admiralty's Room 40 were able to break into the German naval codes during World War I, offering the Navy the opportunity to hunt down and destroy U-boats at sea.

Author : James B. Connolly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846774584
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U-Boat War 1914-1918 written by James B. Connolly and published by . This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first account is by a journalist reporting for Colliers Magazine as he accompanied the United States destroyer force in the final year of the war. The second account is a fictional work written by Sir Stephen King-Hall.