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Death At Sea - Graf Spee and the Flight of the German East Asiatic Naval Squadron in 1914 (Paperback)
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Death At Sea - Graf Spee and the Flight of the German East Asiatic Naval Squadron in 1914 (Paperback)
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Death at Sea is the story of Graf Maximilian von Spee, commander of
the German squadron in China at the outbreak of World War One. His
was a powerful flotilla, but not powerful enough to remain in Asia,
where the ships of Britain, France, Russia, and Japan could destroy
him. If Graf Spee fled the Far East, however, attractive options
beckoned. By sailing into the heart of the British Empire
surrounding the Indian Ocean he could disrupt commerce and troop
movements and perhaps spark rebellion in India. But if he sailed
east across the Pacific and into the Atlantic, all the way around
the world to Germany to reinforce the home fleet, together they
represented a significant threat to the British navy. It all
depended on what he decided to do. To a significant extent the
outcome of World War One also depended on what he decided to do.
Death at Sea is the novelistic history of what happened to Graf
Spee's squadron and the ships that Britain deployed in an
anxiety-charged effort to eliminate the menacing German threat.
Opposing naval tactics and gunnery skills combined with the "fog of
war," questionable leadership, and fatalistic personalities on both
sides to determine the outcome. The author is professor of history
at Drexel University in Philadelphia. His previous seven books
include A History of the Great War (Oxford University Press, 2009),
A History of Europe in the Twentieth Century (Oxford University
Press, 2004), and The Kaiser's Army (Oxford University Press,
2001).
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