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Death at Sea: Graf Spee and the Flight of the German East Asiatic Naval Squadron in 1914 ReviewEric Brose writes a truly objective narrative about the plight of the German East Asiatic Squadron lead by Vice Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee. Eric's "novelistic" approach, while keeping factual with many citations from letters and memoirs from the combatants, makes this a compelling story.
In his afterword, Eric Brose suggests that the outcome of World War I might have been very different, had the German squadron successfully ambushed the British at anchor in the Falklands, and successfully rejoined the home fleet in German waters.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this well researched book.Death at Sea: Graf Spee and the Flight of the German East Asiatic Naval Squadron in 1914 OverviewDeath at Sea is the story of Graf Maximilian von Spee, commander of the German squadron in China at the outbreak of World War One. His was a powerful flotilla, but not powerful enough to remain in Asia, where the ships of Britain, France, Russia, and Japan could destroy him. If Graf Spee fled the Far East, however, attractive options beckoned. By sailing into the heart of the British Empire surrounding the Indian Ocean he could disrupt commerce and troop movements and perhaps spark rebellion in India. But if he sailed east across the Pacific and into the Atlantic, all the way around the world to Germany to reinforce the home fleet, together they represented a significant threat to the British navy. It all depended on what he decided to do. To a significant extent the outcome of World War One also depended on what he decided to do.Death at Sea is the novelistic history of what happened to Graf Spee's squadron and the ships that Britain deployed in an anxiety-charged effort to eliminate the menacing German threat. Opposing naval tactics and gunnery skills combined with the “fog of war," questionable leadership, and fatalistic personalities on both sides to determine the outcome.The author, Eric Dorn Brose, is professor of history at Drexel University in Philadelphia. His previous seven books include A History of the Great War (Oxford University Press, 2009), A History of Europe in the Twentieth Century (Oxford University Press, 2004), and The Kaiser's Army (Oxford University Press, 2001).

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