The Kaiser's Merchant Ships in World War I

by William Lowell Putnam

Germany's merchant Marine fleet--the second largest in the world prior to 1914--played an unintended but decisive role in that nation's defeat in World War I. There were those ships that went to war for the Kaiser on the high seas, those that stayed at home or otherwise played no significant part in the conflict, and those which were commandeered (mostly in 1917 and by the United States) and used against Germany. This is a well illustrated history,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786409231
• ISBN13: 9780786409235
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher