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2) Das boot
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
Deutsch
Description
Follows the daring patrol of U-96, one of the famed German U-boats known as the "gray wolves."
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
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Description
An oil tanker mysteriously explodes in the Persian Gulf. Then a second... and a third. To the President's National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan it is more than a tragic coincidence-it is a brazen act of aggression that must not stand. In partnership with Iran, the Chinese navy has mined the Strait of Hormuz, intending to hold the world's oil supply hostage. Now eighty percent of America's active sea power is being mobilized-including U....
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...
7) Crush Depth
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Reactionary enemy regimes have brutally taken command in South Africa and Germany. U.S. and European shipping lanes are suddenly under attack. World War is at hand -- and for the ruthless Berlin-Boer Axis, the devastating weapons of choice will be tactical nukes used at sea. The Voortrekker, a deep-diving state-of-the-art German submarine, is on the prowl, carrying more onboard firepower than many of the world's nations possess -- and the crippled...
8) The U-boats
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Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1979
Language
English
Description
Discusses the German Navy submarines during the World Wars, the operations, campaigns, battles, and the lives of the crewman.
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The part played in the Cold War by the Royal Navy's submarines still retains a great degree of mystery and, in the traditions of the 'Silent Service,' remains largely shrouded in secrecy. Cold War Command brings us as close as is possible to the realities of commanding nuclear hunter-killer submarines, routinely tasked to hunt out and covertly follow Soviet submarines in order to destroy them should there be any outbreak of hostilities. Dan Conley...
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...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Q-ship, an ordinary merchant vessel with concealed guns, came into its own during the First World War, when the Royal Navy to trap and destroy German U-boats. Deborah Lake uses a wide range of primary and secondary source material drawn from archives in the UK, Germany and the USA to tell the compelling story of the Q-ships and their U-boat adversaries. The Q-ship operations themselves will be covered by following the careers of the eight men...
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