Blockade: How the 10th Cruiser Squadron won the war | Graham Kemp
Over the years, we have filmed quite a lot of speakers at the branch. These have been available to view on the WFA's YouTube channel, and can also be found as 'articles' on the WFA website. However these videos have not been separately grouped for those visiting the Yorkshire branch 'landing page' on the website.
By starting a process of loading these onto the branch page, this makes a number of talks that stretch back to about 2019 'visible'.
In this presentation, Graham Kemp talks about 'How the 10th Cruiser Squadron won the war' - which was given to the branch in June 2023.
During the First World War the 10th Cruiser Squadron operated the Northern Patrol, checking trade routes to Germany. This talk looks at the Allied Blockade of 1914-19 and tells how the Allies defeated Germany by economic warfare. The ultimate weapon in this was the 10th Cruiser Squadron.
By time of the Armistice, the German nation was falling apart and central Europe was facing the worst famine since the 17th century. Then came the worst atrocity committed by the allies in the war; it was quietly overlooked in the official histories that followed.
