Prize Courts And U Boats

Author : Bruce Russell
Publisher : Republic of Letters
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105134522304

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Prize Courts and U-boats by Bruce Russell Pdf

This book studies the clash of international law with the introduction of the submarine to the field of naval warfare. Germany's use of the U-boat for unrestricted warfare against merchant shipping during the First World War revolutionised submarine warfare but it also doomed Germany to failure. Although Britain countered Germany with its own brand of economic warfare, the actions of both sides were at odds with existing international law. Regulatory and humanitarian aspects of international law were also found to be inadequate when faced with the revolutionary changes brought about by the U-boat. This book brings together the disciplines of military history, grand strategy and international law to provide a new perspective on the First World War at sea. (Publisher)

Author : United States. National Archives and Records Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Documents in microform
ISBN : MINN:20000004488264

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U-boats and T-boats, 1914-1918 by United States. National Archives and Records Service Pdf

Author : Green Haywood Hackworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : International law
ISBN : UVA:X030527521

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Digest of International Law by Green Haywood Hackworth Pdf

Author : Ian Philpott
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781593332

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The Birth of the Royal Air Force by Ian Philpott Pdf

Ian Philpott presents us here with a compendium of facts, operational histories and photo illustrations, combined to create a comprehensive account of the early years of the Royal Air Force. Illustrated throughout, it features details of all military operations from 1914 to 1918 which impacted upon the organisation. Also included are operational details of the Independent Bomber Force throughout 1918, a supplementary historical strand that is sure to appeal to Aviation enthusiasts with a taste for features of niche focus. Details of the airfields, landing grounds, seaplane bases and various other landmarks of this era are given, and readers are encouraged to use the work as a reference book, being as it is a weighty tome of encyclopedic scope. ??Sure to make a welcome addition to any aviation enthusiasts library, this well-researched piece of work has been a long time in the making. Philpott brings his typical flare to the project, leaving no stone unturned when it comes to this dynamic, defining period of Royal Air Force history.??As featured in the East Kent Mercury and Essence Magazine.

Author : Craig Forrest
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781784717254

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Maritime Legacies and the Law by Craig Forrest Pdf

The recent centenary of WWI has prompted a shift in the way attention is focused on legacy shipwrecks. This timely book considers the development of the laws that apply to these wrecks and the issues that surround them, and deftly analyses the adequacy of the existing legal framework to fulfil its promise of protecting legacy wrecks for future generations as historical and archaeological resources, memorials and, most importantly, as maritime war graves. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial}

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472854827

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Sunderland vs U-boat by Mark Lardas Pdf

An illustrated examination of the role played by the Sunderland as an antisubmarine aircraft during the Battle of the Atlantic, focusing on the key battles of the Biscay campaign in 1943–44. The Sunderland is an iconic British aircraft of World War II, and the only RAF Coastal Command type to perform frontline service throughout the conflict. Its prime target – the German U-boat – was a deadly adversary to Allied warships and other oceangoing vessels, but proved vulnerable to detection and air attacks from the radar-equipped Sunderland. This book examines the respective advantages and drawbacks of these two maritime predators by providing a vivid analysis of their historic engagement during the Biscay campaign in 1943–44. Drawing upon first-hand accounts of this famous duel, Mark Lardas tells the story of how highly skilled Sunderland crews took the fight to an often elusive enemy and helped RAF Coastal Command defeat the U-boat threat. Maps, tactical diagrams, photographs and specially commissioned artwork bring the action to life as the Sunderland's losses – and eventual victory – in the Bay of Biscay play out in fascinating, insightful detail.

Author : Gerhard Bassler
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773577091

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Vikings to U-Boats by Gerhard Bassler Pdf

The first German arrived in Newfoundland with Leif Eirikson's Viking expedition. By 1914 St. John's was home to a vibrant German community while a Moravian enclave thrived in Labrador. Contemporary Newfoundland, however, remembers its German heritage largely in terms of U-Boat captains and local spies. Gerhard Bassler reveals what was lost when almost all earlier memories of Germans in Newfoundland and Labrador vanished.

Author : Edwyn A Gray
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1994-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780850524055

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The U-Boat War by Edwyn A Gray Pdf

“2.20PM Directly in front of us I sighted four funnels and the masts of a passenger steamer at right angles to our course coming from the SW and going towards Galley Head. 3:10 PM Torpedo shot at a distance of 700 meters below the surface” - from the log of the German submarine U-20. The explosion that followed changed history as the date of the ship's log was may 7, 1915, the steamer was the Lusitania, and the torpedo sent 1195 innocent men, women, and children to a watery grave. In 1914, U-Boats were a new and untried weapon, and when such a weapon can bring a mighty empire to the briink of defeat there is a story worth telling. Edwyn Gray's The U-Boat War is the history of the Kaiser's attempt to destroy the British Empire by a ruthless campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare. It opens with Germany's first tentative experiments with the submarines and climaxes with the naval mutiny that helped bring down the Kaiser. In between is is a detailed account of a campaign of terror which, by April 1917,had the British Empire on the verge of surrender. The cost in lives and equipment was staggering. On the German side, 4894 sailors and 515 officers lost their lives in action; 178 German Submarines were destroyed by the allies; 14 were scuttled and 122 surrendered. According to the most reliable sources, 5,708 ships were destroyed by the U-Boats and 13,333 non-combatants perished in British Ships. World figures for civilian casualties were never released The U-Boat War is a savage but thrilling account of men fighting for their lives beneath the sea, and of the boats that changed the face of naval warfare.

Author : Shane Darcy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107060692

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Judges, Law and War by Shane Darcy Pdf

This book provides expert analysis of the impact of international and national courts on the development of international law applying to armed conflicts.

Author : Jan S. Breemer
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Submarine warfare
ISBN : 1884733778

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Defeating the U-boat by Jan S. Breemer Pdf

"In Defeating the U-boat: Inventing Antisubmarine Warfare, Newport Paper 36, Jan. S. Breemer tells the story of the British response to the German submarine threat. His account of Germany's 'asymmetric' challenge (to use the contemporary term) to Britain's naval mastery holds important lessons for the United States today, the U.S. Navy in particular. The Royal Navy's obstinate refusal to consider seriously the option of convoying merchant vessels, which turned out to be key to the solution of the U-boat problem, demonstrates the extent to which professional military cultures can thwart technical and operational innovation even in circumstances of existential threat. Although historical controversy continues to cloud this issue, ... Breemer ends his lively and informative study with some general reflections on military innovation and the requirements for fostering it. "--Foreword.

Author : Hans Joachim Koerver
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526773890

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The Kaiser's U-Boat Assault on America by Hans Joachim Koerver Pdf

A deeply researched and engaging account of the use of U-Boats in the First World War. The focus touches on both diplomatic and economic aspects as well as the tactical and strategic use of the U-boats. The book also examines the role played by US president Woodrow Wilson and his response to American shipping being sunk by U-boats and how that ultimately forced his hand to declare war on Germany.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Archives
ISBN : WISC:89097257901

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Guides to the Microfilmed Records of the German Navy, 1850-1945 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew Lambert
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300250732

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The British Way of War by Andrew Lambert Pdf

How a strategist's ideas were catastrophically ignored in 1914--but shaped Britain's success in the Second World War and beyond Leading historian Andrew Lambert shows how, as a lawyer, civilian, and Liberal, Julian Corbett (1854-1922) brought a new level of logic, advocacy, and intellectual precision to the development of strategy. Corbett skillfully integrated classical strategic theory, British history, and emerging trends in technology, geopolitics, and conflict to prepare the British state for war. He emphasized that strategy is a unique national construct, rather than a set of universal principles, and recognized the importance of domestic social reform and the evolving British Commonwealth. Corbett's concept of a maritime strategy, dominated by the control of global communications and economic war, survived the debacle of 1914-18, when Britain used the German "way of war" at unprecedented cost in lives and resources. It proved critical in the Second World War, shaping Churchill's conduct of the conflict from the Fall of France to D-Day. And as Lambert shows, Corbett's ideas continue to influence British thinking.

Author : Richard Osborne
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848324558

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The Battle of Jutland by Richard Osborne Pdf

The Battle of Jutland was the greatest naval engagement of the First World War, if not any war. Admiral Scheer had adopted a policy of launching attacks against the British coast. What he did not know was that the British had broken his naval codes and that they knew of his plans. Consequently, when Scheer threw his entire fleet in a mission to attack the British mainland in May 1916, he could not know that the Royal Navy at Scapa Flow were underway.This is a fresh account of this greatest naval engagement, it offers fascinating insight into the events preceding the action, the tactics during the battle and the political and military fall-out. The book draws on released official records and personal accounts.Jellicoe failed to ensnare Scheer and the bulk of the German fleet which escaped battered, but intact. The Germans knew however that despite their great fleet, it was the Royal Navy that controlled the North Sea.

Author : Winston Churchill
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780306821615

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Churchill by Winston Churchill Pdf

A collection of the best and most quoted speeches and writings of Nobel Prize-winner Winston Churchill Winston Churchill knew the power of words. In speeches, books, and articles, he expressed his feelings and laid out his vision for the future. His wartime writings and speeches have fascinated generation after generation with their powerful narrative style and thoughtful reflection. Martin Gilbert, Churchill's official biographer, has chosen passages that express the essence of Churchill's thoughts and describe-in his own inimitable words-the main adventures of his life and the main crises of his career. From first to last, they give insight into his life, how it evolved, and how he made his mark on the British and world stage.