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If the Kaiser Comes - Defence Against a German Invasion of Britain in the First World War (Paperback)
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If the Kaiser Comes - Defence Against a German Invasion of Britain in the First World War (Paperback)
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On the night of 20 November 1914, everything pointed to the
likelihood of invasion by a German army, whisked across the North
Sea on a fleet of fast transports. The Royal Navy's Grand Fleet
prepared to sail south from remote bases in Scotland;
shallow-draught monitors were moored in the Wash; and 300,000
troops stood by to repel the enemy on the beaches. Fortunately, the
night passed without incident. For thirty years prior to the First
World War, writers, with a variety of motivations, had been
forecasting such an invasion. Britain regarded the army as an
imperial police force and, despite the experience gained in
military exercises involving simulated invasions, the Royal Navy
was still expected to fulfil its traditional role of intercepting
and destroying enemy forces. However, as the technology of warfare
developed, with the proliferation of ever more powerful warships,
submarines, mines, and torpedoes, alongside the added promise of
aerial assault, it became obvious that these long-established
notions of the Navy's invincibility might no longer be realistic.
The perceived threat of invasion, whether justified or not,
persisted throughout the First World War, and this book describes
the measures taken to protect Britain against enemy attack by land,
sea, or air.
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