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Jellicoe's War: The U-Boat Threat in World War One and the Question of Convoy

Jellicoe's War: The U-Boat Threat in World War One and the Question of Convoy

Jellicoe, Nicholas
Mann, Bruce
Mann, Bruce

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Military StrategyNaval HistoryWorld War I

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ISBN13: 9798228379756
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Published: Jan 14 2025
Language: English
In February 1917, German U-boats launched a savage unrestricted campaign against both Allied and neutral shipping. At its peak in April, 860,000 tons of Allied merchant shipping was sunk. Britain's supremacy at sea was being severely challenged and with it the chances of victory in the wider war. Taking up the challenge was Britain's new First Sea Lord, Sir John Jellicoe, until the previous December C-in-C of the Britain's Grand Fleet--famously described by Churchill as the only man who could have lost the war in an afternoon. The battle he now faced was equally critical, although the timeline of defeat was a matter of months rather than hours.

Clearly, a radical new approach to anti-submarine warfare was called for, and Convoy became the leading contender. Convoy had powerful advocates, including the Prime Minister, Lloyd George, who later claimed he had personally forced its adoption on a reluctant Admiralty. This self-serving political myth cast Jellicoe as an opponent of Convoy. Nothing could have been further from the truth. As both Jellicoe and Rear Admiral William Sims (USN) understood, the key requirement was a rapid increase in the number of destroyers for escort duties. America provided them. This was the first step in an Anglo-American campaign that gradually brought the U-boat threat under control and led to its ultimate defeat.

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