Online Program
Online Lecture: War Beneath the Waves — The U-Boat Menace of 1914 - 1918
Program No. 24528RJ
Join us on Monday, Nov. 7th, 2022, at 2 p.m. (ET)/ 11 a.m. (PT) for a free one-hour lecture and Q&A about Britain, America and the German U-boat Menace.
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At a Glance
The First World War marked the true dawn of submarine warfare and introduced the Allies to the dreaded German “Unterseeboot” (U-boat). Join Dr. Spencer Jones, Senior Lecturer in Armed Forces and War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, as he discusses Germany’s strategy to use these sophisticated maritime predators to attempt to win the “Great War." This lecture will take your through the historical events of the war beneath the waves from 1914 through 1918.