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Anti-submarine warfare in World War I; British naval aviation and the defeat of the U-Boats.


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 in World War I; British naval aviation Naval aviation is the application of manned military air power by navies. Maritime aviation is the operation of aircraft in a maritime role under the command of land based forces such as RAF Coastal Command or United States Coast Guard.  and the defeat of the U-Boats.

Abbatiello, John J.

Routledge

2006

240 pages

$115.00

Hardcover

Cass series; naval policy and history

D602

Abbatiello, an officer in the US Air Force, examines the role of British aircraft in defeating Germany's Unrestricted Submarine Campaign in 1917 and 1918. Despite air power's limited achievement in destroying U-boats outright (one confirmed and five probable in 200 tries), he says aircraft made an important contribution to deterring U-boat commanders from operating in the vicinity of merchant vessels
For water transport in general, see Ship transport.
A merchant ship is one that transports cargo and passengers during peace time. During wars, the same ships are auxiliaries to the navies of their respective countries, and are called upon to deliver
. He points out that both submarines and aircraft were new to warfare, so everyone was making it up as they went along. The study is revised from his dissertation dis·ser·ta·tion  
n.
A lengthy, formal treatise, especially one written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at a university; a thesis.


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 for a doctorate degree in war studies at King's College King's College, former name of Columbia Univ.  London.

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