Submarine Operational Effectiveness In The 20th Century

Author : Captain John F. O'Connell, USN (RET.)
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781462042616

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Submarine Operational Effectiveness in the 20th Century by Captain John F. O'Connell, USN (RET.) Pdf

The submarine emerged as a serious weapons system during the First World War (1914 - 1918). During that conflict Germany with its unrestricted submarine warfare campaign of 1917 nearly drove Great Britain to the negotiating table. Its U-boats sank 6,196 ships of 13,438,632 gross register tons. Despite post-war attempts to ban the submarine from warfare, it survived. Both Italy and Germany used submarines, covertly, during the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939). This book, Part Two of a series, discusses the use of submarines during World War Two (1939 - 1945) and their effectiveness. It focuses principally on two strategic submarine campaigns. The first is about German U-boats against British and neutral commerce. That campaign finally failed during the Battle of The Atlantic in 1943. The second deals with American submarines against Japanese shipping from Southeast Asia to the home islands, a campaign that successfully isolated Japan from its sources of raw materials and foodstuffs during 1944 and effectively defeated Japan.

Author : Captain John F. O'Connell
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781450236904

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Submarine Operational Effectiveness in the 20Th Century by Captain John F. O'Connell Pdf

A very new weapons system, the lurking submarine with its self-propelled torpedoes fired from ambush changed the complexion of naval warfare forever. Both warships and merchant ships were at risk. In 1914 U-boats demonstrated their capability to sink major warships. During 1915 they turned their attention to merchant ships and began to sink or capture them in wholesale lots. U-boats nearly won the First World War for Germany by forcing Great Britain into peace negotiations in late 1917. U-boats sank or captured over 6,100 ships during WW I. In April 1917 England had only six weeks grain supply left, and apparently had no adequate way to deal with the unrestricted U-boat offensive that Germany unleashed in February of that year. Submarine Operational Effectiveness in the 20th Century deals with the first strategic submarine campaign and its outcome. It goes on to outline submarine development by major nations during the 1920s and 1930s, including submarine use during the Spanish Civil War. It ends in 1939, on the eve of World War Two, a war in which two massive submarine campaigns would be waged: the first by Nazi Germany against the Allies; and the second by the United States against the Empire of Japan.

Author : John F. O'Connell,Captain John F. O'connell Usn (Ret.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1450236898

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Submarine Operational Effectiveness in the 20th Century by John F. O'Connell,Captain John F. O'connell Usn (Ret.) Pdf

A very new weapons system, the lurking submarine with its self-propelled torpedoes fired from ambush changed the complexion of naval warfare forever. Both warships and merchant ships were at risk. In 1914 U-boats demonstrated their capability to sink major warships. During 1915 they turned their attention to merchant ships and began to sink or capture them in wholesale lots. U-boats nearly won the First World War for Germany by forcing Great Britain into peace negotiations in late 1917. U-boats sank or captured over 6,100 ships during WW I. In April 1917 England had only six weeks grain supply left, and apparently had no adequate way to deal with the unrestricted U-boat offensive that Germany unleashed in February of that year. Submarine Operational Effectiveness in the 20th Century deals with the first strategic submarine campaign and its outcome. It goes on to outline submarine development by major nations during the 1920s and 1930s, including submarine use during the Spanish Civil War. It ends in 1939, on the eve of World War Two, a war in which two massive submarine campaigns would be waged: the first by Nazi Germany against the Allies; and the second by the United States against the Empire of Japan.

Author : Phillips Payson O'Brien
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136335600

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Technology and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century and Beyond by Phillips Payson O'Brien Pdf

This work examines how the navies of Great Britain, the USA, Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, France and Italy confronted the various technological changes posed during different periods in the 20th century.

Author : Andrew Boyd
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526736628

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British Naval Intelligence through the Twentieth Century by Andrew Boyd Pdf

This is the first comprehensive account of how intelligence influenced and sustained British naval power from the mid nineteenth century, when the Admiralty first created a dedicated intelligence department, through to the end of the Cold War. It brings a critical new dimension to our understanding of British naval history in this period while setting naval intelligence in a wider context and emphasising the many parts of the British state that contributed to naval requirements. It is also a fascinating study of how naval needs and personalities shaped the British intelligence community that exists today and the concepts and values that underpin it. The author explains why and how intelligence was collected and assesses its real impact on policy and operations. It confirms that naval intelligence was critical to Britain’s survival and ultimate victory in the two World Wars but significantly reappraises its role, highlighting the importance of communications intelligence to an effective blockade in the First, and according Ultra less dominance compared to other sources in the Second. It reveals that coverage of Germany before 1914 and of the three Axis powers in the interwar period was more comprehensive and effective than previously suggested; and while British power declined rapidly after 1945, the book shows how intelligence helped the Royal Navy to remain a significant global force for the rest of the twentieth century, and in submarine warfare, especially in the second half of the Cold War, to achieve influence and impact for Britain far exceeding resources expended. This compelling new history will have wide appeal to all readers interested in intelligence and its crucial impact on naval policy and operations.

Author : N. A. M. Rodger
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Sea-power
ISBN : UVA:35007002615924

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Naval Power in the Twentieth Century by N. A. M. Rodger Pdf

It is a century since Mahan and his disciples taught the world that a battlefleet was indispensable to a great power. Great and not-so-great powers till keep powerful navies today, but we have no generally accepted principles to explain why. In this book historians and naval officers from Britain, the United States and other countries study the use of naval power over the present century, and ask what it is for, and what it can do. It will be essential reading for modern historians, policy-makers and strategists.

Author : Montgomery C. Meigs
Publisher : The Minerva Group, Inc.
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0898759056

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Slide Rules and Submarines by Montgomery C. Meigs Pdf

The classic problem of when to depend on lessons learned from previous conflicts and when to employ new tactics and technology always confronts military leaders. At the beginning of World War II, for example, Allied naval strategists were prepared to do battle using traditional tactics against surface vessels, but - this study contends - not against submarines; because the strategists failed to appreciate either the damage done by submarines in World War I or the tactics that had worked successfully against them. Consequently, from the beginning of World War II to mid-1943, German U-boats were able to mount a devastating campaign against Allied shipping. In Slide Rules and Submarines, Montgomery Meigs describes how the allies learned to counter the U-boat threat. Using new technology - and new tactics derived from scientific methods - they devised countermeasures to defeat the German submarine menace. Then, continuing to apply those successful measures, they went on to negate the Japanese submarine threat in the Pacific. The author cites the crucial role of civilian scientists - the "outsiders" - who worked with military staffs and operational commanders of the campaign at sea. Their open minds and objective methods were essential for the application of such tactical advances as sonar and radar, acoustic torpedoes, depth finders, and code breaking to the battle. As this study illustrates, the importance of such timely and innovative cooperation among scientists, the research and development community, and military commanders in bringing technological knowledge to bear for operational and strategic advantage cannot be overstated. Meigs study of how such cooperation succeeded in the crucible of wartime crisis is itself an example of how the lessons of the past can serve us well today. J. A. Baldwin Vice Admiral, United States Navy President, National Defense University

Author : Stan Zimmerman
Publisher : Trafford on Demand Pub
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781552123300

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Submarine Technology for the 21st Century by Stan Zimmerman Pdf

The book is a survey of emerging technologies applicable to combat submarines, using worldwide sources.

Author : Paul Kemp
Publisher : Alan Sutton Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024892395

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Submarine Action by Paul Kemp Pdf

At the beginning of the 20th century, submarines were small, limited in range and probably lethal to their crews as they were to the enemy. At the beginning of the 21st century, submarines are among the most capable and expensive units of the fleet.

Author : Michelle Lee Huygen
Publisher : Nimble Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1608880257

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Submarine Warfare in the 20th and 21st Centuries - A Bibliography by Michelle Lee Huygen Pdf

The submarine and the aircraft carrier were the most important naval innovations and the most decisive naval weapons of the 20th and 21st Century. This comprehensive bibliography prepared at the Naval Postgraduate School covers the less-well-studied submarine side of the equation with information about every major campaign, every major submarine technology, and every navy that wielded submarine technology. An essential reference for any serious student of naval affairs.

Author : Charles W. Domville-Fife
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1846779758

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Submarine by Charles W. Domville-Fife Pdf

A fine overview of subs and sub-killers This comprehensive book concerns the operations of the Royal Navy to deal with the enemy submarine threat in the conflict for the dominance of the seas and oceans during the Great War. The global nature of this first massive war of the twentieth century gave the submarine its first opportunity to be a significant and influential weapon. Such was its impact and so clandestine its sphere of operation that methods to oppose it were developed with urgency, ingenuity and variety. Here the reader is introduced to the hydrophone, the depth charge and other bizarre initiatives to combat the underwater predators. The Convoy system, mine-laying, mine-sweeping, nets and traps are covered in detail. Of particular interest are the ships specifically designed to destroy the submarines-here are the armed trawlers, the ships disguised as harmless merchant vessels, secretly armed to deliver deadly retaliation as their trap was sprung and the fast patrol and torpedo pursuit boats. Finally, the newest arm is described as sea-planes are developed and put into service to rain destruction down from the skies. A fine all round history on the subject excellently complimented by photographs and diagrams. Available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket.

Author : Dan Van der Vat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Submarine warfare
ISBN : 1857978641

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Stealth at Sea by Dan Van der Vat Pdf

Little more than 90 years has separated the first military submarine and modern state-of-the-art post-nuclear technology. This book is both a detailed reassessment of the submarine's technical and military history and an insight into the future of the submersible man-of-war.

Author : Committee on Technology for Future Naval Forces,National Research Council,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Naval Studies Board
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1997-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : NAP:16233

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Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force by Committee on Technology for Future Naval Forces,National Research Council,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Naval Studies Board Pdf

After v. 1, each volume's t.p. names a different panel at the beginning of its author statement.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Ocean engineering
ISBN : UCSD:31822009746272

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Underwater Technology by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ryan Ramsey
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781514463826

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Ssn 14 by Ryan Ramsey Pdf

SSN 14 is a dramatic and honest account of a year in the life of HMS Turbulent, the Royal Navy nuclear powered attack submarine led by Ryan Ramsey. During 2011 Turbulent participated in the Libya intervention and passed through the Suez Canal to take up patrol in the Indian Ocean against the extraordinary political backdrop of the Arab Spring, in the period where both Colonel Gaddafi and Osama Bin Laden were killed and piracy and terrorism was rife. Turbulent suffered a catastrophic failure of its cooling systems. The fight to survive tested Ryans command to its limits. Although the suffering was immense, the entire crew survived intact. Ryan also had to deal with constantly changing crew and transform them into a tight-knit, smoothly functioning team that could meet, and exceed, any challenge thrown at them. This books documents his failures, as well as his successes and offers a unique insight into leadership in the most challenging of environments. No matter where your business battles are fought, this will help you be phenomenal at what you do.