8 00 on cspan 2. U. S. Air force Academy Professor chuck steele talks about the state of the british grand fleet and the activity of german submarines prior to the u. S. Entering the war. He argues that the actions of admiral william sims helps to keep the forces united. His class is just over 50 minutes. Out the lesson today by talking about william sims, one of the more neglected figures in military history as per the article i sent you, kind of comes off, you know, a distant second to pers hchling if that and so today this is a sea power class, well talk about the significance of sims and, you know, possibly get in to arguments as to who really made the more relevant contribution. That is sims, as you guys know, from being looking at the article. The painting is return of the mayflower. That shows the first group of american destroyers after we had entered the war arriving in ireland to begin operations against the german submarines. So its sort of the most important figure for us i
8 00 on cspan 2. U. S. Air force Academy Professor chuck steele talks about the state of the british grand fleet and the activity of german submarines prior to the u. S. Entering the war. He argues that the actions of admiral william sims helps to keep the forces united. His class is just over 50 minutes. Out the lesson today by talking about william sims, one of the more neglected figures in military history as per the article i sent you, kind of comes off, you know, a distant second to pers hchling if that and so today this is a sea power class, well talk about the significance of sims and, you know, possibly get in to arguments as to who really made the more relevant contribution. That is sims, as you guys know, from being looking at the article. The painting is return of the mayflower. That shows the first group of american destroyers after we had entered the war arriving in ireland to begin operations against the german submarines. So its sort of the most important figure for us i