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Hitler's Navy (Hardback)

A Reference Guide to the Kriegmarine 1935-1945

Maritime > Seaforth Publishing WWII > Naval Warfare WWII

By Jak P. Mallmann Showell
Seaforth Publishing
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781848320208
Published: 19th March 2009
Last Released: 29th July 2009

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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.

The author of this book has produced a first class publication on the history and structure of Hitler's Navy. As a reference book on the Kriegsmarine I doubt if the quality of it will be surpassed in many years to come. It is an excellent and outstanding guide to Hitler's Navy.

If you are a military historian or just interested in the Kriegsmarine then this book it deserves serious space on your bookshelf. I sincerely believe that this is an outstanding reference book for the subject and it will serve well for research into Hitler's Navy. Given the price of the book it represents excellent value for money.

Military Archive Research (online) - March 2011

At first glance, this book looks every inch a 5 Star product and as I have come to expect from this particular author, the content goes on to match that early expectation.

N Middleton (British professional underwater photo-journalist & author)

Lavishly-illustrated.... an excellent annotated bibliography points readers in the direction of a myriad of reading material, in English and German, if your appetite it whetted.

Navy News - November 2009
 Jak P. Mallmann Showell

About Jak P. Mallmann Showell

Jak P. Mallmann Showell has produced more than forty books about naval operations during the Second World War, including Hitlers U-Boat Bases, Enigma U-Boats: Breaking the Code and U-Boat Command and the Battle of the Atlantic.

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