Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

Download or read book The Kaiser's Pirates written by John Walter and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kaiser's Pirates graphically relates the story of the war against commerce carried out by the German surface raiders in 1914-17. In the period before submarine warfare became pre-eminent - and the wireless telegraph reduced a surface ship's ability to hide - the Imperial German navy employed a selection of men-of-war and merchantmen in an attempt to disrupt the maritime trade on which the British economy depended. Accompanied by a detailed alphabetical listing of the many victims, the book traces the exploits of the cruisers and the merchant-raiders, supported by first-hand testimony from victors and victims alike.