The German Fleet

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Excerpt from The German Fleet: Being the Companion Volume to the Fleets at War and From Heligoland to Keeling IslandIN the history of nations there is probably no chapter more fascinating and arresting than that which records the rise and fall and subsequent resurrection of German sea-power.In our insular pride, conscious of our glorious naval heritage, we are apt to forget: that Germany had a maritime past, and that long before the German Empire existed the German people attained pre-emin ence in oversea commerce and created for its protection ¿eets which exercised commanding in¿uence in northern waters.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.