Название: Hitler's Navy: The Kriegsmarine in World War II
Автор: Gordon Williamson
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2022
Страниц: 256
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 85.1 MB

A complete illustrated study of the German Kriegsmarine throughout World War II. Hamstrung at first by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, during the 1930s, the German Navy underwent a programme of rearmament in defiance of the restrictions, building modern warships under limitations which forced technological innovation. Submarines were strictly prohibited by the treaty, and yet, following years of covert development, they became one of the Kriegsmarine's most deadly weapons.

Название: Hitler's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organisation of the Kriegsmarine 1935 - 1945
Автор: Jak Mallmann Showell
Издательство: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1848320205
Год: 2009
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 224
Размер: 127,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

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.