U-9: A Damned Un-English Weapon - Softcover

Thesing, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1482644851 ISBN 13: 9781482644852

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

Merriam Press Historical Fiction Series

Early one morning in September 1914, a new and terrible weapon changed naval warfare forever. On that morning, a single primitive German submarine sank three British armored cruisers, killing nearly 1,500 men.

Up to that moment, few people knew submarines even existed. Overnight, terror swept England. At the beginning of the First World War, England's Royal Navy had the greatest fleet of warships the world had ever seen.

Suddenly, because of one submarine's successful attack, the Royal Navy's supremacy was in question. Savage criticism rained down on the First Lord of the Admiralty, a young gentleman named Winston Churchill.

People are interested in events that changed the world, but few people know of this incident. It is a story that deserves to be told. With the approach of the centennial of World War I, now is the time to tell this story.

Although this book is a work of fiction, it hews closely to historical events. Many of the people and most of the action described are based on memoirs written by participants in the 1920s.

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About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1482644851
• ISBN 13: 9781482644852
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272