German Submarine Warfare 1914-1918 in the Eyes - British Naval ...
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Technical Aspects of this Publication<br />
Footnotes<br />
I numbered my own footnotes <strong>in</strong> Arabic numbers. I preserved as much of <strong>the</strong><br />
orig<strong>in</strong>al footnotes as possible.<br />
Omissions<br />
In <strong>the</strong> preface I marked omissions <strong>in</strong> citations with ‘[...]’. In <strong>the</strong> book itself I<br />
marked no omissions. The orig<strong>in</strong>al documents conta<strong>in</strong> some 2,500 pages,<br />
condensed here to some 700 pages. Some thousand omissions would have made<br />
<strong>the</strong> text unreadable. So I decided for readability and aga<strong>in</strong>st scientific form.<br />
The Editor<br />
Hans Joachim Koerver, born 1960 <strong>in</strong> <strong>German</strong>y. From 1980 to 1986 studied history<br />
at <strong>the</strong> University of Aachen, <strong>German</strong>y, and s<strong>in</strong>ce 1989 work<strong>in</strong>g as IT Consultant.<br />
Second Edition, March 2012<br />
In <strong>the</strong> second edition I overworked <strong>the</strong> preface and added some more documents:<br />
Deserted carrier pigeon from UB-6 (Chapter IV)<br />
S.S. BRUSSELS and Capta<strong>in</strong> Fryatt (Chapter V)<br />
The Zimmermann-Telegram (Chapter V)<br />
Wolfram-Ore (Chapter VII)<br />
Cruises of U-DEUTSCHLAND to America (Chapter IX)<br />
<strong>British</strong> decypher<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>German</strong> naval and diplomatic messages (Appendix D)<br />
<strong>British</strong> Intelligence on U-boat construction (Appendix E)<br />
Thanks<br />
My grateful thanks to Birgit Haermeyer for her ideas <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> design of <strong>the</strong> front<br />
cover.<br />
Unvaluable thanks I owe to Dr. Eric Dietrich-Berryman for his edit<strong>in</strong>g help with<br />
<strong>the</strong> second edition.<br />
My grateful thanks to <strong>the</strong> National Archives <strong>in</strong> Kew, UK, which generously granted<br />
me <strong>the</strong> copyright to publish <strong>the</strong>se sources. The k<strong>in</strong>dness of <strong>the</strong> team <strong>the</strong>re is<br />
overwhelm<strong>in</strong>g, and <strong>the</strong> organisation of <strong>the</strong> National Archives is perfect. It is really<br />
great to work <strong>the</strong>re.<br />
Hans Joachim Koerver, May 2012<br />
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