Item #E26065 The Last Cruise of a German Raider: The Destruction of SMS Emden. Wes Olson.

The Last Cruise of a German Raider: The Destruction of SMS Emden

Barnsley, UK: Seaforth, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket. First printing. 2018. Hardcover. 274 pp. with index. Bibliography. Illustrated. Not published in the U.S. The first English-language book to compile a vivid and comperhensive acount of the 9 November, 1914 destruction of the German SMS Emden at the hands of the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney. In addition to the actual battle, the book covers the Emden's activities as a raider at the beginning of the war, the Cocos raid by the Emden, the landing of von Mucke's party, and the dispatch of the Sydney to investigate. New light is shone upon Captain Glossop's contoversial decision to open fire on the wreck of the Emden once she had run ashore, and, drawing on reports produced by the Sydney's surgeons, the terrible effect of high explosive shells on the human body. Fine / fine. Item #E26065
ISBN: 9781526737298

Price: $35.00

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