U-boats of the Kaiser's Navy
Author | : Gordon Williamson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2012-03-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781780965727 |
ISBN-13 | : 1780965729 |
Rating | : 4/5 (729 Downloads) |
Download or read book U-boats of the Kaiser's Navy written by Gordon Williamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As was the case in World War II, one of the greatest threats to Britain during World War I was the German U-boat menace. This book traces the development of the U-boat threat from the Brandtaucher, designed by Wilhelm Bauer, the father of the German submarine arm, in 1850, through to the commissioning of Germany's first U-boat to go into service, the U-1, in 1906. It then covers the main types of World War I U-boat, detailing the operational history of the U-boat service in depth, with a particular focus on the campaigns in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, as well as the slow build up of anti-submarine measures by the allies.