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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463724203321

Autore

Messimer Dwight R. <1937->

Titolo

The Baltimore Sabotage Cell : German agents, American traitors, and the U-boat Deutschland during World War I / / by Dwight R. Messimer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-61251-869-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

940.4/8743

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Naval operations - Submarine

World War, 1914-1918 - Naval operations, German

Espionage, German - United States - History - 20th century

World War, 1914-1918 - Secret service - Germany

World War, 1914-1918 - Secret service - United States

Sabotage - United States - History - 20th century

World War, 1914-1918 - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; List of Illustrations ; Preface and Acknowledgments; Comparative Table of Ranks in World War I ; 1. The Blockade; 2. The Beginning ; 3. Sektion Politik and the Eastern Forwarding Company ; 4. The Crew and the Boat ; 5. The First Crossing ; 6. Baltimore, Part I ; 7. Baltimore, Part II ; 8. The Triumphant Return ; 9. The U-Bremen ; 10. The Layover ; 11. The Second Crossing ; 12. New London ; 13. The Not-So-Triumphant Return ; 14. The End of the Line, Part I ; 15. The End of the Line, Part II ; 16. U-155; 17. The End of the Line, Part III ; 18. Epilogue

Appendix A: U-Deutschland ArtifactsAppendix B: The U-Deutschland Model ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<div>Dwight Messimer is a U. S. Army veteran and a former Lecturer in History at the California State University at San Jose.  His interests are U. S. Naval Aviation, 1911-42 and World War One with an emphasis on



Allied POWs, escapes, and Anti-Submarine Warfare.  He is fluent and literate in German.  He and his wife live in Northern California. </div>