Wielding the Dagger: The Marinekorps Flandern and the German War Effort, 1914-1918 (Contributions in Military Studies) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Wielding the Dagger: The Marinekorps Flandern and the German War Effort, 1914-1918 (Contributions in Military Studies) Book

This book examines the first true combined arms unit of the First World War, including the pivotal role the Flanders flotilla played in the war at sea. In August 1914 Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz convinced the German armed forces to create a new unit, called the MarineDivision Flandern, to garrison the Belgian coastline and prepare naval bases in for the implementation of a naval guerrilla war against Great Britain. The Germans called their strategy Kleinkrieg, or little war, and they intended to whittle away at British naval superiority by using their submarines and destroyers. Later expanded into the MarineKorps, the unit soon found itself in the middle of a land war as well. What had been intended as a garrison unit found itself on the frontlines when the war stalemated.Read More

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  • 0313324751
  • 9780313324758
  • Mark D. Karau
  • 30 October 2003
  • Greenwood Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 280
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