ZEEBRUGGE AND OSTEND RAIDS (Battleground Channel Ports Ww1) - Stephen McGreal
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The unrestricted U-Boat war threatened the very survival of Britain, whose reliance on imported food and war materials was her Achilles' Heel. A significant element of the German submarine fleet operated from the occupied Belgian ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend. After careful planning the Royal Navy launched audacious attacks on these two ports on St Georges' Day 1918. Five obsolete cruisers and two Mersey ferries supported by a flotilla of smaller vessels penetrated the near impregnable defenses, while Royal...
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2007 Uitgever: Pen And Sword 216 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1844156087 ISBN-13: 9781844156085Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Paperback, illustrated with numerous photographs in b/w, 8vo. [Auteur: McGreal, Stephen] [Pagina's: 176] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military] [Jaar: 2007] [Titel: Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids 1918]