An edition of Graf Spee's Raiders (1994)

Graf Spee's raiders

challenge to the Royal Navy, 1914-1915

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An edition of Graf Spee's Raiders (1994)

Graf Spee's raiders

challenge to the Royal Navy, 1914-1915

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Although many have heard of the German battleship Graf Spee that sank off Montevideo in 1939, few know anything about the naval hero it was named after and the crucial role Admiral Spee played in the annals of history. In this fascinating story, the author relates how early in World War I Spee and his gallant men gave the Imperial German Navy the confidence to challenge the Royal Navy's long-held supremacy at sea.

He offers a lively narrative of the short but dramatic careers of Spee's eight ships, a story that's filled with cat-and-mouse chases, hit-and-run attacks, and two major sea battles.

In November 1914 Graf Spee and his cruisers inflicted the only defeat the Royal Navy had suffered in more than a hundred years. In the first pitched sea battle of the war, the Germans sent two British warships to the bottom of the South Pacific and forced two others to flee. Their brilliant exploits were out of all proportion to the numbers and strength of the admiral's ships, and the brave and often chivalrous behavior of his men earned them acclaim from enemies and countrymen alike.

The British ultimately prevailed, however, and destroyed all eight German raiders, including the daunting Emden. The final blow came with the devastation of the Konigsberg in the first air-sea operation in history. As the author points out, this loss helped to convince the Germans to concentrate on their more deadly U-boats. That Spee's ships survived for as long as they did is a reflection of the primitive state of communications and methods of detection available in 1914.

Their demise was as much by chance and coincidence at it was by good planning and concerted action by the British. The book includes material on several German and British ship and squadron commanders and provides a detailed overview of the opening months of the war in the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans. The fact that many distinctive conflicts and legendary ships are featured in this lively and educational book adds to its appeal to the general reader as well as to naval historians.

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Pages
336

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Graf Spee's raiders: challenge to the Royal Navy, 1914-1915
1995, Naval Institute Press
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Graf Spee's Raiders: Challenge to the Royal Navy, 1914-1915
December 1994, Naval Inst Pr
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-322) and index.

Published in
Annapolis, Md

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.4/5943
Library of Congress
D581 .Y37 1995, D581 .Y37 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 336 p. :
Number of pages
336

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1104856M
Internet Archive
grafspeesraiders0000yate
ISBN 10
1557509778
LCCN
94029959
OCLC/WorldCat
30893023
Library Thing
108298
Goodreads
2028067

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