Synonymous with such infamous battleships as the Bismarck, Scharnhorst and Tirpitz, the German Navy (or Reichsmarine) was renamed the Kriegsmarine in 1935, shortly after the emergence of the Nazi State, and went through a major re-organization in 1939. During World War II, it became a much-feared adversary both on and beneath the high seas, with its marauding U-boat wolf packs coming close to defeating Britain in the Battle of the Atlantic. The author of this text examines the different roles of the Fleet, and its organization and training activities during the war years. Incidents and operations are described, together with technical data for ships, U-boats and their weaponry. A guide to German Navy uniforms and insignia is included, together with full details of rank structure and specialist trades.
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Jak P. Mallmann Showell is the son of a former Kriegsmarine U-boat man who was killed in the Battle of the Atlantic in 1944. Jak has written many books on the Kriegsmarine and the U-boat war in particular, including U-boats Under the Swastika (Ian Allan, 1988) and The German Navy
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German Navy - Great!,
By Christopher Macchini (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The German Navy Handbook 1939-1945 (Hardcover)
This is the best account thus far in my reading experiences on the Germany Navy. This book not only describes how the German navy evolved throughout the course of World War II but how it evolved in the post-World War I world leading up and into WWII. This is a great buy even though the amount of money is a little steep.
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