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Hitler's Navy - The Kriegsmarine in World War II (Hardcover)
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Hitler's Navy - The Kriegsmarine in World War II (Hardcover)
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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. Blooded in the Spanish Civil
War, the surface ships of the Kriegsmarine went on to play a
crucial role in the opening salvoes of World War II during the
invasions of Poland and Norway, although serious losses here set
back plans for the invasion of Britain, and by the end of the war,
only a handful of surface vessels remained to be divided up among
the Allies. From the beginning of the war, but especially after the
fall of France, the dreaded and extraordinarily successful U-boats
stalked the Atlantic, threatening vital British shipping convoys
and choking off the lifeline of munitions and supply from the US.
Once Italy and Japan entered the war, German naval operations
expanded to the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. This highly
illustrated volume is a comprehensive study of the German Navy
throughout the war, from pocket battleships to torpedo boats.
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