Operationsplan Cathalina oder Catharina

[bennybenny]

Hallo, ich wollte mal wissen ob einer etwas weiss wie diese Operation im Detail ausgesehen haben soll.

Churchill oder Fisher planten angeblich laut Breyer Eindringen von Flottenverbänden in die Ostsee und Anlandung von Truppen und Vormarsch auf Berlin.

Dafür sind ja auch die Large Light Cruisers Fourius und Glorius konzepiert gewesen.

Wer weiss mehr?

Würde mich aber wundern wenn die Engländer sich keine blutige Nase geholt hätten beim versuch auf Berlin zu marschieren.

[Leutnant Werner]

Also, das kann ich leicht recherchieren, aber das entsprechende Buch liegt leider am Arbeitsplatz , sodass es noch etwas dauern kann...

[t-geronimo]

Bei den "Large Light Cruisern" bitte Courageous nicht unterschlagen.

[Leutnant Werner]

Paul G. Halpern geht in einem seiner Bücher auf nicht ausgeführte Operationspläne ein. Zunächst beschreibt er Churchills Angriffsplan gegen Borkum. Dann:
"Borkum was really the first stage in the policy of taking pressure off Russia by an attack on Germany in the Baltic. The plans have been generally associated with Fisher, who certainly spoke of the Baltic often enough, although there may be some doubt concerning the depth of seriousness of his intentions by this time. The general scheme was to seize Borkum, which could then be used as a base for the invasion of Schleswig-Holstein, which would lead to the occupation of the Kiel canal. Intensive mining, supported from Borkum, which keep the German fleet out of the North Sea. Denmark would be won over to the Allied side, and the British army might land on Fyn to secure the passage through the great Belt. The navy could then move through the Danish Belts and through the Kiel canal into the Baltic, gain control of that sea, and then use Russian troops for landing on the Pomeranian coast less than 100 miles from Berlin. May 1915 would be the target date for securing control of the Baltic. The Danes had apparently an inkling of these views, and naturally regarded the consequences for Denmark as extremely dangerous. There were reportedly sighs of relief in the Danish government when Fisher and Churchill left office in 1915."

"Certainly Fisher spoke of the Baltic; his vast building program was supposedly shaped by it. the most noted examples were the three "freak" battlecruisers, the Glorious, the Courageous and the Furious, with large-caliber armaments, high speeds and drafts deliberately kept below 22 to 23 feet for Baltic operations. The battlecruisers however may have owed their characteristics as much to Fisher´s obsession with speed and gun power at expense of protection as to planned operations in the Baltic."

Paul G. Halpern: A naval history of World War I, p 103 f