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As the major powers engaged in an arms race in the early years of the 20thcentury the Admiralty was tasked with developing that deadly stalker of thehigh seas the submarine. In 1905 briefed with creating a vessel that couldbe employed on an enemys coastline the Admiralty took several technologicalleaps forward to match Germanys own revolutionary vessels. Written by aninfluential expert in the field and covering all classes of submarine developedand deployed during the war this book includes great technical detailgripping operational accounts and is accompanied by artwork. With fascinatingdetails of daring submarine raids in the Baltic and the Dardanelles this bookreveals the exceedingly dangerous world of early submarine warfare whichclaimed an extraordinary number of lives on both sides and paved the way for anew kind of naval warfare in the 20th century and beyond. «
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