Hitler's Navy
A Reference Guide to the Kreigsmarine 1935–1945
Jak P. Mallmann Showell
- The
- German
- Navy,
- both
- before
- the
- War
- and
- throughout
- the
- years
- of
- fighting,
- was
- heavily
- outnumbered
- by
- the
- navies
- of
- Great
- Britain
- and
- the
- United
- States;
- nonetheless,
- it
- proved
- to
- be
- serious
- thorn
- in
- the
- sides
- of
- its
- adversaries.
- The
- U-boat
- war
- in
- the
- North
- Atlantic
- threatened
- the
- very
- liberation
- of
- Europe,
- while
- the
- major
- warships
- posed
- a
- constant
- threat
- to
- the
- Allied
- shipping
- lanes.
- This
- important
- reference
- book
- is
- an
- indispensable
- guide
- to
- the
- ships,
- organisation,
- command
- and
- rank
- structure,
- and
- leaders
- of
- the
- Kriegsmarine,
- and
- helps
- explain
- why
- it
- was
- such
- a
- potent
- force.
- A
- detailed
- text,
- augmented
- by
- photos,
- maps
- and
- diagrams,
- studies
- the
- German
- Navy
- from
- the
- Treaty
- of
- Versailles
- to
- the
- collapse
- of
- the
- U-boat
- offensive
- and
- the
- demise
- of
- the
- Third
- Reich.
- After
- covering
- the
- background
- organisation
- and
- naval
- bases,
- the
- author
- gives
- detailed
- descriptions
- of
- all
- the
- classes
- of
- ship
- from
- the
- battleships
- to
- motor
- torpedo
- boats
- and
- minesweepers.
- The
- officers
- and
- sailors
- are
- covered
- along
- with
- their
- uniforms
- and
- awards
- and
- insignia.
- Biographies
- of
- notable
- personalities
- and
- a
- chronology
- of
- the
- main
- naval
- events
- are
- included,
- as
- well
- as
- appendices
- and
- a
- select
- bibliography.Based
- on
- the
- author's
- 1979
- title
- The
- German
- Navy
- in
- World
- War
- Two,
- this
- is
- a
- classic
- work
- of
- reference
- for
- a
- new
- generation
- of readers.
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