Kaiser's Lost Kreuzer

A History of U-156 and Germany's Long-Range Submarine Campaign Against North America, 1918

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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In the final year of World War I, Germany made its first attempt to wage submarine warfare off faraway shores. Large, long-range U-boats (short for unterseeboot or "undersea boat") attacked Allied shipping off the coasts of the U.S., Canada and West Africa in a desperate campaign to sidestep and scatter the lethal U-boat defenses in European waters.Commissioned in 1917, U-156 raided commerce, transported captured cargo and terrorized coastal populations from Madeira to Cape Cod. In July 1918, the USS San Diego was sunk as it headed into New York Harbor--the opening salvo in a month-long series of audacious attacks by U-156 along the North American coast. The author chronicles the campaign from the perspective of Imperial Germany for the first time in English.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-12-26
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt299 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor229
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476671628

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefacePrologue: The British Are Coming1. The Blockade2. The American Problem3. The Counter-Blockade and the U-Kreuzers4. Room 405. From Carrying Cargo to Sinking It6. The Great Mirage7. The U-boat Ace8. The Trade War and the Secret War9. U-Kreuzerkrieg10. The Naval Officer11. Targeting North America12. The U-Kreuzer and the Armored Cruiser13. The Battle Off Nauset Beach14. Low Hanging Fruit15. Halifax, Gateway to the East16. Seiner Majestät Schiff Triumph17. U-Kreuzerkrieg Amerika18. Indecision, Loss and a Mystery SolvedEpilogue: Deadly Dreams Become RealityDramatis PersonæSites of InterestTablesShips Sunk or Damaged by U-156 189 delete• deleteSpecificationsU-156 191 delete• deleteThe Lost Officers of U-156’s Second Cruise 191 delete• deleteU-Kreuzer Tonnage Scores Worldwide 192 delete• deleteU-Kreuzer Tonnage Scores for the North American Raids/Campaign 192Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex