The U-Boat War
1914 - 1918

“I saw and felt all the great crises of the war, and understood at each moment what was at stake. The U-boat peril was beyond all comparison and was the most frightful to endure… It must be remembered that this was not the warfare of great fleets and admirals. It was warfare conducted by lieutenants, commanders and captains.”

“It was a war of small vessels. It was a war of flotillas in ceaseless toil night and day, gale and fog, summer and winter, the most exhausting war service, demanding tireless vigilance.”

“Little boats laboring and plunging in the great seas; weary, war-worn men straining their eyes for a periscope hour after hour, day after day, week after week, month after month; no rest or relief, and no weakness of any kind!”

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