The book's key strength is the inclusion of these.
His use of German sources to drive the narrative is admirable and certainly acts as a useful pointer of “further reading” for anyone keen to delve in to the German side of the naval conflict. If you are looking for a simple narrative account covering an aspect of the German naval effort, you should consider Gary Staff's contribution. I still found this an interesting read, and a useful book. The battles described include: Helgoland Bight, August 1914 Coronel, November 1914 Falklands December, 1914 Doggerbank, January 1915 Goeben and the Russian fleet, Black Sea, May 1915 Ostergarn July 1915 Jutland, 1916 Second Heligoland Bight, November 1917 Imbros, January 1918. The blow-by-blow accounts of the action (drawing heavily on first-hand Allied and especially German accounts) are supported by dozens of photographs, many previously unpublished, from the author's own impressive collection. Gary Staff deliberately focuses on the latter to bring new material to the attention of the reader and to demonstrate the global span of the cruisers' activities. Some are well known, such as their role at Jutland, Goeben's attack on the Russian fleet (which brought Turkey into the war) and the sagas of Konigsberg and Emden but others have been unduly neglected. Drawing on first-hand accounts and original research in German archives, the author here describes in detail some of their most significant and/or audacious battles. The cruisers of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserlische Marine) were active throughout the First World War and saw action all around the globe, tying up valuable Allied naval resources out of all proportion to their number.
0 kommentar(er)
