World of warship german cruiser2/1/2024 The battle plan for the Kreuzerkrieg, or cruiser war, was to prey on enemy shipping and use the ships for resupply. As long as they could evade being cornered, the kaiser’s ships could wreak havoc on Great Britain’s merchant fleet. German colonies in Africa and the Pacific offered-at least temporarily-safe havens and supply points for German raiders. The situation on the high seas, however, was entirely different. This led to a four-year stalemate, punctuated by the Battle of Jutland. Battleships in the North Sea were to avoid major engagements with the far stronger British fleet while hoping to cut off portions of the enemy fleet and destroy them with tactically superior forces. German naval strategy at the beginning of the war was dictated by circumstances. In this obscure corner of the world, far from the main theaters of World War I, Konigsberg would play a role unlike that of any other German warship in history. On a muddy African river, a drama was about to be played out by the two most powerful navies in the world. On the other end of the line, the coast watcher spoke the words that had been dreaded for almost eight months-the British were coming. The field telephone rang on the bridge of the trapped German cruiser SMS Konigsberg.
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