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"underhand, unfair, and damned Un-English." The government, he wrote, should "treat all submarines as pirates in wartime . . . and hang all crews." http://www.starcourse.org/emd/edmondslade.htm


"underhand, ... and damned Un-English. ... treat all submarines as pirates in wartime ... and hang all crews." J. R. Hill (1989). Arms Control at Sea, Routledge, ISBN 0415012805. p.35 cites Marder, From the Drednoughts to Scapa Flow p.332

"underhand, unfair, and damned un-English." Stephen Wentworth Roskill (1968). Naval Policy Between the Wars, Walker, ISBN 0870218484 p. 231. cites A. J. Marder, Fear God and Dread Nought, vol. I (Oxford UP, 1961), p.333 and also Williams Jameson, The Most Formidable Thing (Hart-Davis, 1965) pp. 75-76.


World War I: A Student Encyclopedia

By Spencer Tucker, John S. D. Eisenhower, Priscilla Mary Roberts

There were a number of Soviet assualts against the Germans trapped in the pocket:

  • First battle, 5 October The Soviets started their drive to seperate the Germans on the Courland peninsuar from the garrisons in Memel and libau. On the 16 October the Germans counterattacked and held on to Skuodas and Preekulin
  • Second battle,[1] started on 27 October 1944 and lasted about a month. The xxx[2]
  • Third battle, 21 December to end of December. By the end of the battle the Germans had suffered 27,000 casualties and lost 513 tanks.[3]
  • Forth battle, 24 January to 6 February[4]
  • Firth battle , 21 February to 26 February[4]
  • Six battle, 17 March to 6 April[4]

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