开始:VCALENDAR方法:发布开始:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Near You Event - The U-Boat Crisis of 1917 Re-assessed\n\nEvent Type: Talk or debate\n\nIndustry Sector: Defence\n\nSpeak Details: Prof. Eric Grove is a Naval Historian and this will be his 12th visit to Barrow- in-Furness.\n\nHe is a very popular and interesting speaker.\n\nDescripti on : This talk will explain just what the U-boat crisis of 1917 was and ho w it could have been averted.\n\nThe German declaration of unrestricted su bmarine warfare in 1917 is generally thought to have brought \; Britai n to the brink of defeat. Certainly the Admiralty thought so. Very many me rchant ships were \; sunk but the crisis was not as great as it seemed . \; Imports of vital food actually \; increased! The lecture will explain how and why the crisis was not as great as it seemed. \;\n\nC ontact Details: James Keith Higham\nTelephone: 01229 831324\nAddress: 22 S ummerhill Gardens\, Barrow-in-Furness\, Cumbria\, LA14 4LD\, DTEND:20161012T210000 DTSTAMP:20230820T092531Z DTSTART:20161012T193000 LOCATION:Forum 28\, Duke Street\, Barrow-in-Furness\, LA14 1HH\, United Kin gdom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The U-Boat Crisis of 1917 Re-assessed UID:69f34794-882b-4421-aa99-5bcc08d948c6 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR