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Disguised German Raiders of World War II Kindle FALSE FLAGS: DISGUISED GERMAN RAIDERS OF WORLD WAR II PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Stephen Robinson | 368 pages | 15 Aug 2016 | Exisle Publishing | 9781925335156 | English | Woolombi, Australia Military Strategy & Tactics Books | Quarto Knows The war broke out a month later when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The war began on July 28, lasting four years, three months and fourteen days. The fighting ended on Nov. It would take another six months before the war would officially end with a negotiated peace treaty five years after the assassination of the archduke. The war has been called several different names. In conversation and writing, it is referenced with several other names. During the four years of combat, 65 million soldiers fought in the battles. Eight million of the soldiers were killed worldwide. Another 21 million were injured and seven million were maimed with missing limbs. The United States only participating in the war for seven months, but had daunting statistics for casualties and injuries. During that seven-month period, , soldiers died and , were injured. Chemical weaponry was used for the first time in World War I. Airplanes were used to fight in the war with 70 different types used by all nations. The planes allowed explosives to be dropped to the ground. A machine gun could fire rounds a minute which was considered the equivalent firing of range of more than rifles. Then the face of naval warfare changed with the introduction of submarines. Suddenly ships carrying valuable cargos could be sunk by an enemy that could not be seen. With the limited resources available to him, his desired navy never materialized; instead he had to rely on a small number of batdeships, cruisers, and destroyers to fight against what was the largest and most powerful navy in the world, Great Britain's Royal Navy. Limited access to the world's oceans was another problem for Germany, one that was made more difficult by Britain's ability to put dozens of ships on blockade duty. Unable to challenge the supremacy of the Royal Navy, Raeder. An unknown error has occurred. Please click the button below to reload the page. If the problem persists, please try again in a little while. No cover image. Read preview. Synopsis They were the deadliest ships of World War II-nine German commerce raiders disguised as peaceful cargo ships, flying the flags of neutral and allied nations. In reality these heavily armed warships roamed the world's oceans at will, like twentieth-century pirates. They struck unsuspecting freighters and tankers out of the darkness of night or from behind a curtain of fog and mist. For almost three years they led the Royal Navy on a deadly chase from sea to sea and sank or captured more than a million tons of allied shipping. Masquerading as unarmed merchantmen, the raiders carried an awesome array of weapons cleverly hidden behind false structures and concealed inside empty packing crates on their decks. They fed off their unsuspecting targets, pumping fuel from their prey into their own tanks and taking food from captured pantries to feed their own crews and the thousands of prisoners that they picked up along the way. These secret ships also acted as supply ships for U-boats, helping their fellow hunters remain at large for longer periods. German V-2 Rocket in World War II During the American Civil War, Confederate commerce raiders sank so many Union merchant ships that the American Merchant Marine never fully recovered from its losses. During the First World War, Imperial Germany put several raiders to sea in an effort to disrupt the shipping routes on which Great Britain relied. The first of these were primarily warships. Costly to operate and difficult to hide from the Royal Navy, they met with limited success. Most were either sunk or botded up and made impotent by British warships. These were followed by raiders disguised as cargo vessels. Their success rate was much greater than their predecessors, and most returned home safely after their cruises. Then the face of naval warfare changed with the introduction of submarines. Suddenly ships carrying valuable cargos could be sunk by an enemy that could not be seen. With the limited resources available to him, his desired navy never materialized; instead he had to rely on a small number of batdeships, cruisers, and destroyers to fight against what was the largest and most powerful navy in the world, Great Britain's Royal Navy. Limited access to the world's oceans was another problem for Germany, one that was made more difficult by Britain's ability to put dozens of ships on blockade duty. Unable to challenge the supremacy of the Royal Navy, Raeder. An unknown error has occurred. Please click the button below to reload the page. If the problem persists, please try again in a little while. No cover image. Read preview. Product Description. Product Details. Reviews "This is a fascinating book. Review this Product. Write your message below to post a review: Rating:. Ask a Question About this Product More Ask a question. Look for similar items by category. People also searched for. False Flag Books. German Raiders Books. The Economic Impact of World War II At sea for months--or even years--those raider sailors lucky enough to survive were hailed as heroes when they returned home. This is an interesting review of activities of nine German WW2 auxiliary cruisers that wreak havoc on Allied commercial routes together with their submersible brethren from the very beginning of While Muggenthaler's "German Raiders of World War II" still feels better written, Duffy's book has the virtues of being more readily available and being somewhat informed about the impact of World War DUFFY is a writer specializing in military history. Account Options Anmelden. Meine Mediathek Hilfe Erweiterte Buchsuche. Greenwood Publishing Group Amazon. James P. Duffy , Gordon G. Bureaucracy is not a profession. Piracy off the Somali coast has been a threat to international shipping since the second phase of the Somali Civil War in the early 21 century. Since , many international organizations, including the International Maritime Organization and the World Food Programme , have expressed concern over the rise in acts of piracy. Ninety percent of the World Food Programme's shipments arrive by sea, and ships have required a military escort. These factors and the lucrative success of many hijacking operations have drawn a number of young men toward gangs of pirates, whose wealth and strength often make them part of the local social and economic elite. Abdi Farah Juha who lives in Garoowe miles from the sea told the BBC, " They have money; they have power and they are getting stronger by the day. On April 7, the U. With these advisories well in effect, on April 8, , four Somali pirates boarded the Maersk Alabama when it was located nautical miles km; mi southeast of the Somalia port city of Eyl. With a crew of 20, the ship was en route to Mombasa , Kenya. Maersk Line Limited, part of the Moller-Maersk Group, the largest shipping company in the world is one of the United States Department of Defense 's primary shipping contractors, although the vessel was not under military contract at the time. The ship was carrying 17, metric tons of cargo, of which 5, metric tons were relief supplies bound for Somalia, Uganda, and Kenya. The 28 foot lifeboat where Captain Richard Phillips and the four Somali pirates were held up as seen from a U. According to Chief Engineer Mike Perry, the engineers sank the pirate speedboat shortly after the boarding by continuously swinging the rudder of the Maersk Alabama thus scuttling the smaller boat. As the pirates were boarding the ship, the crew members locked themselves in the engine room while the captain and two other crewmembers remained on the bridge. Frustrated, the pirates decided to leave the ship, and took Phillips with them to a lifeboat as their bargaining chip. The crew attempted to exchange this captured pirate, whom they had kept tied up for twelve hours, for Captain Phillips. The captured pirate was released but the pirates refused to release Phillips. After running out of fuel in the ship's man overboard boat, they transferred and left in the ship's covered lifeboat, taking Phillips with them. The lifeboat carried ten days of food rations, water and basic survival supplies. Maersk Alabama then departed from the area with an armed escort, towards its original destination in Mombasa, Kenya, with the vessel's Chief Mate , Shane Murphy in charge. An man marine security team was on board. The FBI secured the ship as a crime scene. On April 10, , Phillips attempted to escape from the lifeboat but was recaptured after the captors fired shots. The pirates then threw a phone-and a two-way radio dropped to them by the U. Navy- into the ocean, fearing the Americans were somehow using the equipment to give instructions to the captain. How low the USN has degenerated! A giant file cabinet at sea. Its not a WAR ship filled with warriors who can board ships and shoot guns with accuracy to handle pirates on-the-spot. How hard is it to blow away everything and everyone in the lifeboat as soon as the hostage has left it? Finally, someone figures out maybe its time to ambush the ambushers. The armed merchant ship. What an original concept! The Q-Ship Big Horn, which you probably thought was just an innocent fleet oiler, actually was modified to hunt and kill German U-Boats. By way of New Wars comes a captivating item about a Malaysian container ship that has been converted into a naval auxiliary for escort work off the lawless coast of Somalia - just like the famous Q-Ships fielded by the U.
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