'Luxury' Fleet: (RLE The First World War): The Imperial German Navy 1888-1918 - Hardcover

Herwig, Holger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138014346 ISBN 13: 9781138014343

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

Originally published in 1980 ‘Luxury’ Fleet (the phrase was Winston Churchill’s) was the first history of the Imperial German navy from 1888 to 1918. After tracing the historical background to German naval ambitions, the first two sections of the book analyse Admiral Tirpitz’s programme of building a battle fleet strong enough to engage the Royal Navy in the North Sea. The author shows the fleet in its European setting and describes the warships and the attitudes of the officer corps and seamen. The final section of the book discusses the tactical deployment of the German fleet during the First World War, both in home waters and overseas; and it weighs the balance between those who supported fleet actions in preference to those who favoured cruiser and submarine warfare.

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"Professor Herwig can claim that his book is the first that covers the history of the Imperial German Navy from start to finish. He is technically well equipped, handling with ease such complex questions as armour plate, calibre and capacity of guns and crews. He is equally at home in the political field and faces the much discussed problem of why the Germans took the naval course they did."
—A.J.P. Taylor, The Observer

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1138014346
• ISBN 13: 9781138014343
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 340