![German cruiser SMS Konigsberg, displacing 3,400 tons, sailed from Germany for Africa in April 1914, just before the outbreak of World War I.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/M-Weapons-LEAD-HT-Apr08-e1679425794111-760x427.jpg)
Imperial Germany
The German Cruiser Konigsberg
By Michael VogelThe field telephone rang on the bridge of the trapped German cruiser SMS Konigsberg. On the other end of the line, the coast watcher spoke the words that had been dreaded for almost eight months—the British were coming. Read more