tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post9222242451650048416..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: To Crown the Waves: The Great Navies of the First World War Reviewed by James Thomassnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-63880715549942242352013-10-23T16:46:01.431-07:002013-10-23T16:46:01.431-07:00I enjoyed the pun, accidental or otherwise. :)I enjoyed the pun, accidental or otherwise. :)Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-67207857685178116672013-10-23T16:34:24.551-07:002013-10-23T16:34:24.551-07:00Yes, that's more or less it.
Just noticed in ...Yes, that's more or less it. <br />Just noticed in my post above, I typed "needs" when I meant "knees"! Adrian Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-58346212949752268992013-10-22T17:57:01.905-07:002013-10-22T17:57:01.905-07:00Ah, I dimly remember that argument.
Germany wasn&#...Ah, I dimly remember that argument.<br />Germany wasn't able to make up the maritime shortfall through central/eastern Europe, not after Austria-Hungary's collapse?Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-29754492604562455862013-10-22T15:55:21.457-07:002013-10-22T15:55:21.457-07:00The usual contention is that it was the Royal Navy...The usual contention is that it was the Royal Navy's blockade of German ports that brought Germany to its needs, starving it of vital supplies, food and munitions. The only cargo submarines ever built were the Deutschland class, designed to bring high-value supplies such as ball-bearings and chemicals from the USA (before April '17) to Germany avoiding the blockade, but the effort wasn&#Adrian Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-27034537564826589332013-10-22T10:27:54.291-07:002013-10-22T10:27:54.291-07:00That is to say, I haven't heard that argument ...That is to say, I haven't heard that argument before, and am curious as to how they go about it.<br />After all, the war's major naval engagement is usually considered indecisive.<br />Do the authors see submarine warfare as triggering US involvement, which ultimately won the Western Front?Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-60119532232670418952013-10-22T10:26:32.353-07:002013-10-22T10:26:32.353-07:00"it was on the waves that victory was determi..."it was on the waves that victory was determined." Now I'm definitely interested in reading it.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.com