"Antiaccess for Sea Control" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 25 Oct 2018 5:53 p.m. PST |
…Britain's mining campaign against Germany in the last years of World War I is one of the best examples of such an effort. By further constraining the country's limited ability to reach open water, it placed the German Navy at an increasing disadvantage. Deploying minefields around the Heligoland Bight, the British threatened the safe transit of the U-boats on which the Germans depended for their campaign against Allied shipping. The need to protect their submarines extended the German requirement for coastal defense more than 100 miles seaward. The requirement for continuous minesweeping operations and the protection of minesweepers close to the coast and at long distances steadily wore down the High Sea Fleet and limited its capacity to conduct other operations… link |
 Yellow Admiral  | 26 Oct 2018 2:51 a.m. PST |
You just posted this same link on Sep 13. Did Armand call in sick…?  - Ix |
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