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Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A new book from this bestselling author covering the events at sea in the early years of World War II, in which he has compiled comprehensive research and insight into a highly readable and detailed account of British and Allied submarine warfare in north European waters at the beginning of the war. The early chapters describe prewar submarine development, including technical advances and limitations, weapons, tactical use and life onboard, and examine...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Maritime
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"This concise and well-written book will serve as a valuable library addition for anyone interested in the naval activities of the Great War." Sea Classics The cruisers of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserlische Marine) were active throughout the First World War and saw action all around the globe, tying up valuable Allied naval resources out of all proportion to their number. Drawing on firsthand accounts and original research in German archives,...
Author
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Now a major television documentary (Channel 4, 2021) The epic mission to destroy Hitler’s flagship. ‘Bismarck was now loose in the Atlantic … we had to find and sink her.’ May, 1941. The most powerful battleship the world has ever seen, the German Navy’s Bismarck , breaks out into the Atlantic to ravage Allied convoys. Together with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen , the Bismarck will seek to deliver a killer blow to Britain’s war effort....
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
On the outbreak of war in 1939 Admiral Donitzs U-boat flotillas consisted of some thirty U-boats fully operational, with only six to eight at sea at any one time. Their activities were restricted mainly to the North Sea and British coastal waters. When France fell in the summer of 1940, the ports in the Bay of Biscay gave direct access to the Atlantic, and the ability to extend their reach even to. The Royal Navy was unable to escort convoys much...
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