Format:
Online-Ressource (292 p)
ISBN:
9780850524055
Content:
""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 o
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Author's Note; Chpater One 'The essence of war is violence'; Chapter Two 'We could not get over the wonder of it'; Chapter Three 'A fine day to sink a ship'; Chapter Four 'We can wound England most seriously'; Chapter Five 'The most fatal weapon in naval warfare'; Chapter Six 'This campaign of piracy and pillage'; Chpater Seven 'Proceedings for murder'; Chapter Eight '... and a natural born fisherman to boot'; Chapter Nine 'No death could be more agonizing'; Chapter Ten 'Act with the utmost caution'
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Chapter Eleven 'We were men hardened by war'Chapter Twelve 'I prayed that I was guessing right'; Chapter Thirteen 'A battleship is enough for one day'; Chapter Fourteen 'One of the luckiest decisions I ever made'; Chapter Fifteen 'We must and we will succeed'; Chapter Sixteen 'Are you absolutely sure of your crew?'; Appendix One Equivalent ranks of British and German officers; Appendix Two Germany's top twenty U-boat aces; Appendix Three Distribution of U-boats 1914-1918; Appendix Four Main U-boat types; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
9781473800724
Additional Edition:
Print version The U-Boat War: 1914-1918
Language:
English
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