1986, ISBN: 0868240931

[EAN: 9780868240930], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Doubleday, Sydney], WORLD WAR ONE, NAVAL, GERMAN RAIDERS, PACIFIC OCEAN, INDIAN OCEAN ANDPERATIONS, Jacket, During WWI German war… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780868240930], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Doubleday, Sydney], WORLD WAR ONE, NAVAL, GERMAN RAIDERS, PACIFIC OCEAN, INDIAN OCEAN ANDPERATIONS, Jacket, During WWI German warships and armed merchant raiders took a heavy toll of Allied merchant ships in Indian and Pacific Oceans. Robin Bromby's study relates to the German ships that operated in those waters. The first was the small German cruiser, Emden, which caused loss, disorder and delay to allied merchamt ships in the early days of the conflict. This warship sank or captured more than a 20 ships duriing a short campaqign, mainly in the Indian Ocean. In turn, the Emden was, destroyed in a battle with the Australian cruiser Sydney in a largely chance encounter at Cocos-Keeling Island. This largest section of Bromby's book covers the depredations of the Emden, her encounter with the Sydney and the amazing experiences and dangers of the ship's Cocos landing-party after the battle, on their long and hazardous journey back to Europe. Two other major sections cover the operations of the armed merchant cruiser Wolf whose 15 month cruise from Germany, and return, covered more than 100.00 kilometres during which 140,000.tonnes of shipping was sunk, many of them in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean. The final major section reflects on the colourfull WWI career of Count Felix von Luckner and his sailing ship raider Seeadler. which slipped into the Pacific, via Cape Horn, after sailing down the Atlantic, where were many allied ships were sunk or captured. On Seeadler's Pacific mission pickings were few -- three small trading ships. By then its voyage had lasted seven months, food and water supplies were running short, many crew were ill or exhaused. von Luckner decided to lay-up at a remote Society island. Mopelia. After a few idyllic days disaster struck and the Seeadler was driven onto a coral reef, becoming as total wreck. So ended the cruise of the Seeadler, bu itt led to the NZ associiation with von Luckner and his crew who were POWs on a Hauraki Gulf island. Some escaping in a motor boat, boarding and capturing the scow Moa, being recaptured at the Kermadec Islands. von Luckner's exploits become part of NZ's WWI folk-lore. However, Germany learned much trom their WWI maritime raiders, repeating, again with considerable success, the same operations in the 1939-1945 conflict. By basing this study largely on the South Pacific, Australia-NZ experiences with the WWI raiders Robin Bromby has provided valuable addition to the naval history of those areas. First edition of 1986 by Doubleday (Aust), 208 pages including appendix, bibliography and index. Illustrated with more than 80 b/w photos, detailed double-page maps of the operational areas of the Emden and Wolf. Dark grey hard covers with white spine titles VG+, dark tone end-papers, text block also VG+ as is the pictorial DJ. No inscriptions., Books<

1985, ISBN: 9780868240930

Doubleday Australia, 1985. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine. AUSTRALIAN MILITARY 208 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 27 cm. #171122 First Edition.Germany. Kriegsmarine. | World War, 191… Mehr…

Doubleday Australia, 1985. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine. AUSTRALIAN MILITARY 208 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 27 cm. #171122 First Edition.Germany. Kriegsmarine. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, German. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Pacific Ocean. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Hardcover in Dustjacket Near Fine, Doubleday Australia, 1985, 4<

1985, ISBN: 9780868240930

Sydney: Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1985). First Edition. Hardcover. 0868240931 . No signatures. Some rubbing to ends of spine and edges of boards. Dustjacket protect… Mehr…

Sydney: Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1985). First Edition. Hardcover. 0868240931 . No signatures. Some rubbing to ends of spine and edges of boards. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 208 pages. Grey boards with white lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 257 x 178mm. Illustrated. Military history, World War One. "The naval threat to Australia/New Zealand 1914-17". ., Doubleday, 3<

1985, ISBN: 0868240931

[EAN: 9780868240930], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Doubleday, Lane Cove], History|Military|World War I, History|Oceania, Jacket, 208 pages, many b/w illustrations, maps., Books