When re-armament came after World War I, the German Navy was forced to build anew, so the Reichsmarine and its successor, the Kriegsmarine, found itself in possession of some of the most modern, powerful and technically advanced vessels in the world. Germany was very selective in picking her sailors and the quality of manpower skill levels was thus very high. This book charts the recruitment, training, service conditions and combat experiences of a typical World War II German sailor, focusing on the main branches of the Navy, as well as the last ditch combat units thrown into action as infantry in the final days of the war.
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Insights into the real lives of history's fighting men, packed with full colour illustrations, highly detailed cutaways, exploded artwork of weaponry and armour, and action-packed battle scenes.
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Gordon Williamson was born in 1951 and currently works for the Scottish Land Register. He spent seven years with the military Police TA and has published a number of books and articles on the decorations of the Third Reich and their winners. He is author of a number of World War II titles for Osprey, and has a particular interest in the Kriegsmarine.
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This review is from: German Seaman 1939-45 (Warrior) (Paperback)
This book starts out with how the Kriegsmarine had a choice in the kind of men it needed for its purpose. It follows the men through basic training, both EMs and Officers, to life aboard a ship and life in land units. It is interesting how the men on smaller boats like Minesweepers and Destroyers had an overall better comradeship and bond but experienced virtually no success(Destroyers) or recognition of success (Minesweepers) due to the constant break downs in the problem plagued boilers. On the Battlecruisers and Battleships, the men were a great deal more formal, strictly disciplined, and had a lesser bond but enjoyed more success, then eventually were killed in the war. This book is great for answering many questions like pay, rations, discipline, training, everyday life, life on different kinds of ships, and late war land units. I highly recommend this for anyone wanting to know about the men of this lesser known part of the Wehrmacht.
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Unlike the Royal Navy, the German Navy had only a relatively short history by the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
German Navy, Royal Navy, Prinz Eugen, Naval Historical Center, Admiral Scheer, Graf Spee, Mallmann Showell, Third Reich, Admiral Hipper, Eastern Front, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, North Cape, Diether von Roeder, Scapa Flow New!
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Unlike the Royal Navy, the German Navy had only a relatively short history by the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
German Navy, Royal Navy, Prinz Eugen, Naval Historical Center, Admiral Scheer, Graf Spee, Mallmann Showell, Third Reich, Admiral Hipper, Eastern Front, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, North Cape, Diether von Roeder, Scapa Flow New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Pictorial History by Phillip Stern in Back Matter
- Pocket Battleships of the Deutschland Class by Gerhard Koop in Back Matter
- The Third Reich (3rd Edition) by David G. Williamson in Front Matter
- Count Not the Dead: The Popular Image of the German Submarine by Michael L. Hadley in Back Matter
- German Coastal Forces of World War Two by M. J. Whitley in Back Matter
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- Grey Wolf: U-Boat Crewman of World War II (Warrior) by Gordon Williamson in Back Matter
- St Nazaire 1942: The Great Commando Raid (Campaign) by Ken Ford in Back Matter
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