Paul N. Hodos

The Kaiser's Lost Kreuzer

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

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9781476671628
• ISBN-10: 1476671621
• Artikelnr.: 48032699

Autorenporträt

Intelligence analyst Paul N. Hodos lives in Kensington, Maryland.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Prologue: The British Are Coming
1.
The Blockade
2.
The American Problem
3.
The Counter-Blockade and the U-Kreuzers
4.
Room 40
5.
From Carrying Cargo to Sinking It
6.
The Great Mirage
7.
The U-boat Ace
8.
The Trade War and the Secret War
9.
U-Kreuzerkrieg 10.
The Naval Officer 11.
Targeting North America 12.
The U-Kreuzer and the Armored Cruiser 13.
The Battle Off Nauset Beach 14.
Low Hanging Fruit 15.
Halifax, Gateway to the East 16.
Seiner Majestät Schiff Triumph 17.
U-Kreuzerkrieg Amerika 18.
Indecision, Loss and a Mystery Solved Epilogue: Deadly Dreams Become Reality Dramatis Personæ Sites of Interest Tables Ships Sunk or Damaged by U-156
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deleteSpecifications U-156
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deleteThe Lost Officers of U-156's Second Cruise
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deleteU-Kreuzer Tonnage Scores Worldwide
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deleteU-Kreuzer Tonnage Scores for the North American Raids/Campaign
192 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index