From: bolton8@juno.com
Date: Fri May 10 2002 - 18:51:36 PDT
Please accept my apologies for posting this non-mil-vel news article,
but knowing the interest we all have in military history I'm sure you
will enjoy it.
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KAISER PLANNED ASSAULT ON THE U.S.
Kaiser Wilhelm II planned a seaborne assault on New York and other
American ports in 1900 to overwhelm U.S. sea power and open the Pacific
for German colonial conquest, a German newspaper reported. The emperor
and his admirals drew up various plans for assaults on New York, Boston
and other cities, the DIE ZEIT weekly newspaper reported. It cited what
it said were little-known documents in German military archives. Records
and letters sent by military commanders show that the plan foundered on
skepticism among the German Army's top brass as well as U.S. naval muscle
and rising tension in Europe that forced Germany to focus on rivals
closer to home.
by Smita P. Nordwall
USA TODAY 10 May 02
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