The Kaiser's Pirates: German Surface Raiders in World War One

About this book

The Kaisers Pirates graphically relates the story of the war against commerce carried out by the German surface raiders in 1914-17. In the period before submarine warfare became pre-eminent - and the wireless telegraph reduced a surface ships ability to hide - the Imperial German navy employed a selection of men-of-war and merchantmen in an attempt to disrupt the maritime trade on which the British economy depended. Accompanied by a detailed alphabetical listing of the many victims the book traces the exploits of the cruisers and the merchant-raiders supported by first-hand testimony from victors and victims alike.