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Excerpt: "The task of the American Navy in the great conflict was performed exceedingly well, but so very quietly that even now the merits of the achievement are realized only by those who knew how near the German submarine campaign came to winning the war. There was no blacker period than the spring of 1917 when the losses of Allied merchant shipping were mounting toward a million tons a month, and the Admiralty was well aware that England stood face to face with starvation and defeat unless this piracy could soon be checked. It was when Admiral Sims cabled to his own Government, from London, "Briefly stated, I consider that at the present moment we are losing the war"; when Admiral Jellicoe privately admitted, "It is impossible for us to go on if losses like this continue"; and when Lord Balfour could see no escape from the same tragic conclusion."
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GenreHistory
Length9 hrs 8 mins
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Publish dateMar 18, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ILLUSTRATIONS
9CHAPTER VIII THE PLEASANT INTERLUDE AT LISBON
2CHAPTER I THE CALL OF DUTY OVERSEAS
10CHAPTER IX UNCLE SAM’S BRIDGE OF SHIPS
3CHAPTER II “LAFAYETTE, WE ARE HERE!”
11CHAPTER X THE CORSAIR STANDS BY
4CHAPTER III AT SEA WITH THE BRETON PATROL
12CHAPTER XI IN THE RADIO-ROOM
5CHAPTER IV TRAGEDIES AND RESCUES
13CHAPTER XII THE LONG ROAD HOME
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6CHAPTER V WHEN THE ANTILLES WENT DOWN
14CHAPTER XIII HONORABLY DISCHARGED
7CHAPTER VI ADMIRAL WILSON COMES TO BREST
15CHAPTER XIV THE SHIP’S COMPANY
8CHAPTER VII SMASHED BY A HURRICANE
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