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Civil War Echoes: Graf Spee 1939

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Chris Kolakowski

75 years ago today, the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee fought a British squadron off the River Plate on South America’s coast. After an hour of battle, the Graf Spee’s captain, Hans Langsdorff, ran into neutral Montevideo harbor for … Continue reading →

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Strategy Afloat: Commerce Raiding

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Chris Kolakowski

November 6 is an important date in the history of one of the Civil War’s most successful commerce raiders, the CSS Shenandoah. This day 150 years ago she took the second of her 38 victims; exactly a year later she … Continue reading →

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Civil War Echoes: Erich Raeder’s Navy

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Chris Kolakowski

Raphael Semmes published his Memoirs of Service Afloat During The War Between The States in 1869, providing a far-ranging discussion of the Confederate naval war and his role in it as a commerce raider, squadron commander, and field commander. This … Continue reading →

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