Deutsche Kriegsschiffe (Ostasien Geschwader)

Because imperial Germany wanted to become a world power, it tried to be present on all the world's oceans and to acquire colonies. The squadrons should protect them, enforce claims and show strength. They did not always have purely representational measures, as the Boxer Rebellion shows. Marine expert Hans Karr dedicates this new edition to Germany's maritime colonial history. It describes the foreign cruisers and stations, the Tsingtau naval base, the East Asian cruiser squadron from 1897 to 1914 and its ships at the Asian and Australian stations.
128 pages, 280 x 210 mm, German language