E C Coleman: NO PYRRHIC VICTORIES W9 [2014] paperback Condition:New at the beginning of the

at the beginning of the nineteenth century

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E C Coleman: NO PYRRHIC VICTORIES W9 [2014] paperback Condition:New at the beginning of theIn early 1918, it seemed to many that the British people and the Allies were close to defeat. At home, the chief culprit was the German U boat. Sailing almost unopposed from the North Sea ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend, the submarines were taking a heavy toll on Allied shipping, and no one seemed to be doing anything about it. The job eventually went to Vice Admiral Roger Keyes, `The Modern Nelson', who had a long record of close action with enemies