Title Anti-submarine warfare in World War I : British naval aviation and the defeat of the U-Boats / John J. Abbatiello

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 240 pages) : maps Series Cass series--naval policy and history ; 35 Cass series--naval policy and history ; 35. Contents Chapter Introduction: British Naval Aviationa dn the U-Boat Menace -- chapter 1 Technology: Aircraft and U-Boats -- chapter 2 Training and production -- chapter 3 Attacking at source: Bombing the Flanders U-boat bases -- chapter 4 Hunting the enemy: Air Patrols in Home Waters -- chapter 5 Aircraft and convoy escort -- chapter 6 British official assessments -- chapter 7 The German assessment -- chapter 8 Conclusion Summary This study investigates the employment of British aircraft against German submarines during the final years of the First World War-an issue that appears only marginally in other studies because it does not clearly fall into either naval or air power history. A single, focused study is needed to measure the effectiveness of the effort, place the campaign within the greater context of the naval and air wars, and assess the veracity of the secondary literature. This book also places the air anti-submarine campaign in the wider history of the First World War. Early chapters examine the aircraft and weapons technology, aircrew training, and aircraft production issues that shaped this campaign. Then, a close examination of anti-submarine operations-bombing, patrols, and escort-yields a significantly different judgment from existing interpretations of these operations. A chapter on the British official assessments, which provided a basis for much of the secondary literature, demonstrates that this campaign was often misrepresented because it was either used to promote specific agendas or it was inappropriately employed as evidence in unrelated historical arguments. This study would be the first to take an objective look at the writing and publication of the naval and air official histories as they told the story of naval aviation during the Great War. The next chapter examines the German view of aircraft effectiveness, through German actions, prisoner interrogations, official histories, and memoirs, to provide a comparative judgment. The conclusion closes with a brief narrative of post-war air anti-submarine developments and a summary of findings Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-233) and index Notes Print version record Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, British World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations -- Submarine World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, German Anti-submarine warfare -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Anti-submarine warfare -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Military -- World War I. Anti-submarine warfare Military operations, Aerial -- British Military operations, Naval -- German Military operations, Naval -- Submarine Great Britain Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 0203086236 9780203086230 0415763835 9780415763837 9786610414031 6610414033 9781135989545 1135989540 9781135989491 1135989494 9781135989538 1135989532 9780415512732 0415512735

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