CAS HI 284 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: East Asia Squadron, Heavy Cruiser, Light Cruiser
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One million dead at the end of 1914, 1400 miles of trenches. 9 million deaths by 1918, best science was devoted to methods of mass killing. 99 years of peace in europe, from waterloo to 1914. Lived with the delusion that they were more modern than previous centuries. Sms emden - light cruiser in the imperial german navy. Coal burning 3 stacker, 361 crew, relatively small ship. Burned coal instead of oil fired turbine engines. Sent to asia to do minor colonial duty, muller boarded ship in qingdao, joined german. Muller predicted that germany would be at war by the first week of august. Decided he would put to sea and make war to the best of his ability. Radio arrived from berlin, a great war is only hours away . Muller raised anchor and slipped out of port into the china sea. Believed it was his duty to disrupt enemy shipping for as long as he could.
