U-Boats Of The Kaiser's Navy
48 page book.
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Illustrator: Ian Palmer
About this book
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.
Contents
- The kaiser's U-boats
- The early developmental years
- The larger U-boats
- The U-Cruisers
- Powerplants
- Steering
- Weapons
- Optics and other equipment
- Operational history
- Bibliography
- Colour plate commentary
- Index
Paperback; March 2002; 48 pages; ISBN: 9781841763620