Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids 1918

by Stephen McGreal

The unrestricted U-Boat war threatened the very survival of Britain, whose reliance on imported food and war materials was her Achilles' Heel.

A significant element of the German submarine fleet operated from the occupied Belgian ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend. After careful planning the Royal Navy launched audacious attacks on these two ports on St Georges' Day 1918. Five obsolete cruisers and two Mersey ferries supported by a flotilla of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844156087
• ISBN13: 9781844156085
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.4"