The Kaiser's Lost Kreuzer - by Paul N Hodos (Paperback)

About the Book

"In the final year of World War I, Germany made its first attempt to wage submarine warfare against faraway shores. Large, long-range U-boats torpedoed Allied shipping off the coasts of the U.S., Canada and West Africa in a desperate campaign to sidestep lethal U-boat defenses in European waters"--

Book Synopsis

In the final year of World War I, Germany made its first attempt to wage submarine warfare off faraway shores. Large, long-range U-boats (short for unterseeboot or "undersea boat") attacked Allied shipping off the coasts of the U.S., Canada and West Africa in a desperate campaign to sidestep and scatter the lethal U-boat defenses in European waters.

Commissioned in 1917, U-156 raided commerce, transported captured cargo and terrorized coastal populations from Madeira to Cape Cod. In July 1918, the USS San Diego was sunk as it headed into New York Harbor--the opening salvo in a month-long series of audacious attacks by U-156 along the North American coast. The author chronicles the campaign from the perspective of Imperial Germany for the first time in English.

Review Quotes

"By choosing to build his narrative around the exploits of a single U-Kreuzer, [Hodos] caught my attention and broke through the clutter that makes choice difficult. I found his book just the right length for one long evening of careful reading"-The Lost Valley Blog

About the Author

Intelligence analyst Paul N. Hodos lives in Kensington, Maryland.