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Anti-Submarine Warfare in World War I: British Naval Aviation and the Defeat of the U-Boats Hardcover - 2005 - 1st Edition
by John Abbatiello
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- Title Anti-Submarine Warfare in World War I: British Naval Aviation and the Defeat of the U-Boats
- Author John Abbatiello
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge
- Date 2005-12-08
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780415763837 / 0415763835
- Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 9.44 x 6.32 x 0.78 in (23.98 x 16.05 x 1.98 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1900-1919
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: Germany
- Library of Congress subjects World War, 1914-1918 - Aerial operations,, World War, 1914-1918 - Naval operations,
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005016865
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.451
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- Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2006, Page 38
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Routledge, 2006. , 2006. 1st ed. Review copy. 240p. Investigating the employment of British aircraft against German submarines during the final years of the First World War, this new book places anti-submarine campaigns from the air in the wider history of the First World War. The Royal Naval Air Service invested heavily in aircraft of all types aeroplanes, seaplanes, airships, and kite balloons in order to counter the German U-boats. Under the Royal Air Force, the air campaign against U-boats continued uninterrupted. Aircraft bombed German U-boat bases in Flanders, conducted area and hunting patrols around the coasts of Britain, and escorted merchant convoys to safety. Despite the fact that aircraft acting alone destroyed only one U-boat during the war, the overall contribution of naval aviation to foiling U-boat attacks was significant. Only five merchant vessels succumbed to submarine attack when convoyed by a combined air and surface escort during World War I. This book examines aircraft and…
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